voluntary
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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
Some schools are now talking about voluntary charters, where parents pledge not to give their children smartphones, while the education minister has backed a similar campaign.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
But Washington wanted not a shred of doubt to remain that his decision to step aside was wholly voluntary.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.