free will

Example Sentences

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That’s when Zosia reveals Carol’s days of free-wheeling free will soon will be over.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2025

But the terminally dissatisfied Carol would rather stew in her own low-grade depression and angst that forfeit her free will.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

Such theological reasoning is serious, stalwart and chilly, not unrelated to the cold logic of double predestination and the denial of free will.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

"But if she doesn't, then God says everybody has free will, and so that doesn't cause a problem for me."

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

That means you wouldn’t have free will to do what you wanted.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking