by choice
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The feeling was familiar among her Los Angeles peers, many of whom had spent their 20s and 30s prioritizing other ambitions while delaying, whether by choice or economic necessity, conventional markers of adulthood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Whether by choice or because they’ve finally had it with the brutal hiring landscape, some are leaving the workforce completely.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026
Some marry by choice to send money back to their families or to plot an eventual escape.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 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
This would explain why my mother would leave me—this would explain that she hadn’t left me by choice.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
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