by choice
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Join us on a time-travel adventure to the ’90s: If you’ve recently been paralyzed by choice or felt overconnected but underinvested in your friendships, Slate has an antidote for you.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Whether it is by chance or by choice, Guardiola has found an XI that works together and seem to enjoy playing together too.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
Kavanagh, 78, is a New Englander by birth and Californian by choice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
More than a dozen employees have left the Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation, which includes the LeanIn.Org initiative, over the past year, either through layoffs or by choice, people familiar with the changes said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
It wasn’t by choice, and he wasn’t alone: massive unemployment in Italy had pushed many Italians to emigrate.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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