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Being optional
noun
Something that is not compulsory, especially part of an academic course.
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The final acknowledged coastal protection measure was a combination of spaced low-crested revetments and low-crested detached breakwaters, with bamboo fencing being optional.
Proof that the best way to a beloved's heart may be via the brain and the funny bone -- the stomach being optional.
In amateur boxing, women follow the rules of men's boxing with a few exceptions the rounds are shorter, and women wear breast protectors, with groin protection being optional.
Yet Gillmor says encryption should be switched on by default, rather than being optional, in newer versions of Apple's macOS desktop software.
Something being optional doesn't make it any less stupid.
Its migration approach was to be a slow one, with the move being optional at first.
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Their use is optional.
Sensitivity is optional.
Digitization is optional.
Some are optional.
Sugar is optional.
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