arbitrarily
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"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
Rivera had been arbitrarily detained when he returned to his home in Nicaragua in September 2023.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
“For nearly a century, the United States Postal Service has arbitrarily blocked handguns from being mailed.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
The firm said other major platforms such as Microsoft, Snapchat and OpenAI had been arbitrarily excluded.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
I arbitrarily picked eight hours for the test duration, so I was trapped in the rover until then.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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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