Sentence examples for not by default from inspiring English sources

Britain is part of the EU, not by default but by choice".

The decreasing federal control seen in India today is not by default but by design.

Aha! Unless it's not by default but by design — and unless that burlesque is in fact the subject.

But you would be buying the chance to renew your business by design, not by default in response to shocks.

He could also be called the best couturier that France has at the moment, and not by default of Saint Laurent.

What makes it worth watching, and worth liking, is the sense that it arrives at its warm and comforting view of things not by default but by choice".

There was some controversy earlier this year over Tumblr not showing tags that were considered NSFW, but that weren't by default (things like "gay," "lesbian" or "bisexual").

Being there for the third or fourth day didn't by default make them open up, but it did get them to be more trusting.

It's important to remember that Norteño and Sureño gangs there are dozens, if not hundreds of local chapters in California aren't by default part of the prison gangs.

But Cortana is not on by default, and can't be turned on by accident.

(And not just by default).