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opt

[opt] / ɒpt /


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Cox subscribers will be able to opt for their existing pricing or switch to a Spectrum bundle that includes such apps as Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, AMC+ and Paramount+.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

It is thought, due to short life expectancy, that many veterans opt for the lump sum.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Where possible, opt to walk on uneven surfaces, such as grass, sand or gravel, instead of pavement.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

AI was swiftly embedded in innumberable computer programs, often not even allowing a user to opt out.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Like Katherine Goble, however, they also figured a way to opt out of the segregated facilities.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani opts out of a tentatively scheduled bullpen throwing session as he continues to experience discomfort in his left knee.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

If an engineer opts for a smaller model, and that model misses something a frontier model wouldn’t have, then “the human time to figure that out is not worth the toil,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Or they could, once again, be cleared from the field if Mills opts for the nomination.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

It is a game of trade-offs and Tuchel will have to decide whether he opts to drop off or defend more aggressively.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Woo opts to see how the webbing tastes.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Many affluent parents opted for private school instead.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Preston Harp found an outlet skateboarding and surfing with friends, and Harp opted to stay close to home, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

She opted out of that and—with more than 700 locals—joined a separate lawsuit against the railroad.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The pair opted last year to maintain its relationship with the streaming giant, signing another multiyear, first-look deal.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Unwilling to face the loneliness of the airfield’s spartan accommodation, or a dour granite-faced Aberdeen landlady who wouldn’t accept her ration coupons for an unarranged evening meal, Maddie opted for the train.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Discovery announced its decision to scrap “Coyote vs. Acme,” opting instead to take a $30-million tax write-off on the hybrid live-action-animation film, actor Will Forte received enthusiastic news about the project.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

No surprise a larger number of young people are opting to live at home and pay far lower housing costs so they can save more.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Neither spoke like someone opting out of social life.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

But they did not plead the Fifth, opting instead to refuse to appear.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

Its take- up rates are accordingly very high, with roughly half of the CPS students opting out of their neighborhood school.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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