Choose
Choose verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.
Open
Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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When one room is open, the other two are closed; players can choose the room that is open by going to the Overseer's Office.
Source: Lets Play / R.L. Yoshi - Deconstruction Game Enforced Cold War: You can choose this by destroying the papers; neither side gets the teleporter so there's no open war like the interrogator feared there would be.
Source: Video Game / Spider and Web -
The book ends with Liir alone, stating that his door is open to either of them should they choose to come back.
Source: Literature / Wicked
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