as in voluntary
done, made, or given with one's own free will
our office staff made a freewill offering for UNESCO
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as in choice
the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions
all of the workers at the homeless shelter are unpaid and are there of their own free will
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Recent Examples of freewill
Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 Apr. 2018
There is no charge for this concert; freewill donations for musicians are encouraged.
—Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 Apr. 2018
Philip Ball, WIRED, 21 July 2024
The way people think about scenarios like these reveals how our understanding of free will is connected to our ideas about rational thinking.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 29 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Admission for the event sponsored by the Friends of the Rancho Bernardo Library is free; freewill donations will be accepted for musicians.
—Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 Apr. 2018
There is no charge for this concert; freewill donations for musicians are encouraged.
—Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 Apr. 2018
Noun
If the main cause of our actions is not our molecules but the emergent mental states that encode memories, intentions, beliefs and so forth, isn’t that enough for a meaningful notion of free will?
—Philip Ball, WIRED, 21 July 2024
The way people think about scenarios like these reveals how our understanding of free will is connected to our ideas about rational thinking.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 29 Oct. 2024
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Walmart has issued a voluntary recall of its Marketside Fresh Cut Cucumber Slices sold in 34 stores across Texas because of a potential contamination with salmonella.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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The company issued a voluntary recall and blamed a compound in tara flour for the illnesses.Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Those players will have a new option in their footwear choices.Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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While the princess may be bang on trend, the choice of color here was also intentional: the palette also served as an homage to the Qatari flag.Daisy Jones, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2024
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Within the past couple of years, the group has become a part of Arrowhead Kingdom, an all-volunteer national network of Chiefs fan groups.Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2023
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That’s noteworthy for a show based at a high-school auditorium in Litchfield and run by a staff that is almost entirely volunteer, including the show’s star and its producer.Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2022
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One scholar noted that the leaders of both major American political parties have now argued that the system is politically biased. Democrats have warned for months that Donald Trump, if elected again, would bend the Justice Department to his own political will.Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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This was not the lack of resources on the part of the United States, or the lack of will.Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
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At first, players lived in a hotel and played anyone willing – mostly Christian and for-profit colleges.Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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People are willing to switch from favorite stores and brands, trading down to lower-cost alternatives or visiting stores with better weekly deals.Michael Della Penna, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Freewill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freewill. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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