voluntary

Example Sentences

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"During this peacetime period, there will be no permission procedures. We are suspending the permission requirement as long as military service is voluntary," Pistorius said.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

One circulating clip shows Erin Collins, the IRS’s top ombudsman, talking about voluntary compliance in a congressional hearing.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Free markets rely on the idea of voluntary exchange.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

But the new study’s “premise that the majority of disappearances are voluntary absences minimizes the responsibility of the state,” concluded the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Center for Human Rights.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

To her voluntary communications Emma could get no more approving reply, than,

From "Emma" by Jane Austen