opted
Example Sentences
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She opted for the Chase Sapphire Reserve partly because it had a lower annual fee than the Amex Platinum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The school opted for a middle ground, purchasing 200 graphing calculators from French company NumWorks for its ninth-grade classes, with plans to create a schoolwide rollout over three years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Chelsea's stadium announcer then opted against reading out the names of the substitutes shortly before the match, but there were audible boos when Fernandez came on in the 62nd minute.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
If you host friends at your apartment because no one wants to spend $90 before the Uber ride home, have you somehow opted out of social life altogether?
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Fair Knightess, a better mudder, was left in the race, and Pollard opted to ride her instead.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
