arbitrary
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On Monday, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention adopted an opinion that calls Israel's detention of Abu Safiya arbitrary and urged his immediate release.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
“Of course, no line that the States draw will satisfy everyone. But the Judiciary is not the proper institution to make what would often be arbitrary and highly intrusive athlete-by-athlete assessments.”
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
The checks and balances the founders embedded in American democracy protected workers, investors and entrepreneurs from arbitrary rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
It was established as a safeguard against arbitrary and unlawful imprisonment, so if a judge finds the government’s reasoning insufficient, they hold the power to immediately order the prisoner’s release with sufficient legal grounds.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
Not surprisingly, then, preventing arbitrary searches and seizures by the police was deemed by the Founding Fathers an essential element of the U.S.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Some contained codes, devised by Anson Stager, general manager of U.S. military telegraphs, that inserted decoy words or arbitraries into messages that were unscrambled with cipher charts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2016
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