free choice
Example Sentences
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Thomas Jefferson once wrote that the government shouldn’t meddle with his neighbor’s free choice so long as “it neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
The SNP's Ruth Maguire, while also citing concerns about the cost of the proposals, said: "It's not a free choice if you do not have access to good palliative care."
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
With regard to predicting the level of support, the perception that nudges intruded upon free choice was the most important driver of non-acceptance, whereas the perception of effectiveness was the most salient driver of acceptance.
From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2024
“What I suspect is that they are sneaking in a free choice assumption,” Wiseman says.
From Scientific American • May 22, 2023
It rigidly requires a man to reside at Oxford a certain definite time before graduation; but how and when he studies and is examined, it leaves to his own free choice.
From An American at Oxford by Corbin, John
