optional
Example Sentences
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After many colleges made standardized tests optional, the College Board last year dumbed down the SAT in an effort to encourage more students to take it.
Of the remaining 13 in Brisbane, only Mark Wood was not present for the optional session on Saturday as the fast bowler rested the left knee upon which he had surgery earlier this year.
From BBC
There would be an optional connection from Colton to Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times
More than 2,000 continue to make submitting the results of SAT and ACT scores optional, for instance, something many started doing during the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times
Embracing AI is “a necessary task and not an optional one,” China’s Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology Zhang Yunming said recently.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
