free wills

noun

plural of free will
as in choices
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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  • Those findings may help developers evaluate design choices and build stronger technical cases for future projects.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
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