arbitrarily
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England acquired such institutions with the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89 after which the king could no longer suspend laws, raise taxes without the consent of Parliament, or arbitrarily confiscate private property.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
I’ve read criticisms of the Doomsday Clock, that it’s gimmicky, like it’s arbitrarily trying to measure something that can’t be defined so easily.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
"You're able to do two things that are normally not compatible with one another: Use entanglement to build an exquisitely sensitive sensor but also have robustness to arbitrarily large amounts of noise," Clerk said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026
The travel advisory issued last week says visitors may be arbitrarily denied entry to the country, detained in “inhumane” conditions or subjected to invasive phone and social media searches.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
“Oh, one or two,” I said arbitrarily: I would have liked to play in all of them.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
Vocabulary lists containing arbitrarily
Lincoln Inaugural Address (March 1861)
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The Freedom of Information Act (2016)
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The Martian
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