Sentence examples for optional instead from inspiring English sources

At a destination wedding, gift giving becomes optional instead of the more obligatory custom.

so some users may prefer to specify I2 as optional instead of S4.

In response to the changes, three Miami-area franchise filed a suit in July, 2008 with the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida in Miami to stop the change and force the company to make it optional instead of required.

The Emergency Budget Act would allow the governor to implement emergency rules to cut programs, make all state programs "subject to appropriation" and thus optional instead of mandatory, and establish contingency reserves that could be used to eliminate budgeted state programs.

The survey contained questions about three recommended changes to HIV testing methods germane to this analysis: (1) using an opt-out approach to HIV testing, (2) replacing separate signed consent with general medical consent for HIV testing, and (3) making HIV prevention/risk reduction counseling optional instead of mandatory (or uncoupling prevention/risk counseling from testing).

Optional: Instead of chocolate, evenly coat the banana with crushed cereal crumbs for a nice crunch.

These will still be available, and will offer more colourful redesigns, but they'll reside in the Samsung Galaxy Apps store as optional downloads, instead of something you get on the device out of the box (and can never truly remove).

The small wand controller is an optional accessory instead, but the Shield controller offers a number of benefits, including for gaming, and for others via a headphone jack for private listening.

Our data suggested that treatment with doripenem might be an optional treatment instead of polymyxin to avoid side effect.

The Rangers had planned an optional practice, but instead they staged a full, energetic 40-minute session, while across the Hudson the Devils stayed off the ice.

Since that online booking fee is technically optional — travelers can instead drive to the airport and buy a ticket there — Spirit is not required to include it in advertised prices.