of choice

Idioms  

1. Preferred above others, as in A strike is the union's weapon of choice. Used with other prepositions (by, for, with), all meaning “by preference,” this idiom dates from about 1300.

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Example Sentences

And while Rosenqvist ended the day drenched in milk, the celebratory beverage of choice at Indy, Malukas could hardly comprehend what he had just experienced.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Now those women are angry that the administration views pesticides through the same lens of freedom of choice and personal responsibility.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

“You’re naturally going to produce Democratic districts where the minority candidate of choice can win, anyway, in Chicago or New York City or whatever,” Sean Trende, a senior elections analyst from RealClearPolitics, told me.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

The second speaks to the lack of choice we have as workers to take that money and invest it in the stock market — that’s done for the collective benefit.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Maize, though, was what people wanted, the grain of choice for the elite—it was what you made chicha from.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann