opt
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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
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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
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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
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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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