voluntary

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Digital ID - After the government's retreat from a mandatory scheme, new legislation would outline how voluntary digital ID would be implemented and allow access to public services.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

This is expected to add around 2 percentage points to the public debt ratio from 66.4% of GDP in March, Maybank adds, noting it’ll bring debt levels close to the voluntary ceiling of 70%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The bloc's decades-old Petroleum Security Agreement, for instance, a fuel-sharing scheme aimed at ensuring energy stability, has never been invoked and is purely voluntary.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

“Got to maintain the vigilance on these voluntary agreements. At peril, we go back to our old ways,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Maybe it was because his skin color matched my own, or maybe it was because of the way he explained it, but I hadn’t asked for a voluntary deactivation that day.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin