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willingly

adverb as in gladly

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It didn’t raise eyebrows when the Blazers willingly benched their best players for a night in the hopes of securing a higher draft pick, a common practice known as “tanking.”

The multibillion-dollar scam industry has ballooned in Cambodia in recent years, with thousands involved -- some willingly and others forced by organised criminal groups, experts say.

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It’s not the sort of stage most teams with College Football Playoff aspirations would willingly entrust to a walk-on.

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While other central banks willingly sent their respective economies into recession, the RBA walked a gentler road, and it has paid off handsomely with employment at record highs.

However, experts and NGOs said some also go willingly.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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