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voluntarily

[vol-uhn-tair-uh-lee, vol-uhn-ter-] / ˌvɒl ənˈtɛər ə li, ˈvɒl ənˌtɛr- /


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Many left the company, either voluntarily for rivals or via layoffs that came in October as part of the restructuring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

We know the industry will not do this voluntarily.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Other names are probably duplicates, the government says, while some people may have gone off the grid voluntarily for personal reasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

More than 67,000 firearms have been voluntarily declared by more than 37,000 Canadians across the country.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“No, no. No more than you do already as an empath. Mindspeech is communication, voluntarily sent and received.”

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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