arbitrarily
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More importantly, Joseph seemed convinced that the FDA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in lifting the in-person dispensation requirement.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
Coyle, from Colorado, was arrested in January 2025, according to the Foley Foundation, which advocates for the release of Americans taken hostage or arbitrarily detained abroad.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
Neither you nor your sibling, acting alone as a beneficiary — or even as a co-trustee — can arbitrarily retitle land that has been properly placed in a trust.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026
Like many former empires, Iran’s borders were drawn rather arbitrarily with respect to sizable ethnic communities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
What we need is a form of hindsight that does not impose itself arbitrarily on the mentality of the revolutionary generation, does not presume that we are witnessing the birth of an inevitable American superpower.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing arbitrarily
Lincoln Inaugural Address (March 1861)
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The Martian
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The Freedom of Information Act (2016)
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