volition
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The Colbert who leaves “The Late Show” this week — not of his own volition — is and isn’t the same Colbert who took it over.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
That Anthony came of his own volition isn’t in dispute.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Ramaphosa said in a statement that the US had been expected to participate in the G20 meetings, "but unfortunately, it elected not to attend the G20 Leaders Summit in Johannesburg out of its own volition".
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025
He went back to pick them up, sliding them onto her feet so it looked as though she had been fully dressed when she got into the car, of her own volition.
From Slate • Nov. 6, 2025
This time a yell tears from my body of its own volition, joining with the others in agreement.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Vocabulary lists containing volition
To Kill a Mockingbird
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The Things They Carried
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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