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indiscriminately

[in-di-skrim-uh-nit-lee] / ˌɪn dɪˈskrɪm ə nɪt li /




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"Serious mistakes like this are inevitable when a national retailer does hundreds of thousands of ID checks indiscriminately with this sinister surveillance tech," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

“Our customers are wedded to the strategy of buying dips, and that’s worked very well for them. But if you do that indiscriminately, at some point, you can morph from dip-buyer to bag-holder,” Sosnick said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

“John cleared a tear gas canister away from everyone,” Johnson said, pushing back on the government’s account and adding that tear gas had been deployed indiscriminately by law enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

For example, California police are now legally required to attempt de-escalation before resorting to less lethal weapons and are forbidden from firing indiscriminately into crowds.

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026

The idea of spreading mercy, indiscriminately, or, to be more correct, spreading it on someone I really didn’t care about, enraptured me.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou




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