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chooses

  • present tense form
    of choose (3rd person singular).
    choose
    verb (used with object)
    to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference.

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Much like her character Klara, Ortega chooses to have faith in humans and their spontaneous wonder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The same event can look like evidence of a system working or a system failing, depending on which part of the story one chooses to emphasize.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

This is equally true whether the suspect immediately surrenders or chooses to flee.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Ms. Hoyer, a German-British historian and journalist, chooses as her protagonist not Hitler, a frequent Weimar visitor, but Carl Weirich, a hardworking bookbinder, stationer and diarist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

If a white guy chooses to immerse himself in hip-hop culture and only hang out with black people, black people will say, “Cool, white guy. Do what you need to do.”

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah