arbitrary
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“What else could defendants’ decisions to cut funding to specific counterterrorism programming by conspicuous round numbered amounts — including by slashing off the millions-place digits of awarded sums — be if not arbitrary and capricious?”
From Salon
The rule, she wrote, is “arbitrary and capricious.”
Last week, a federal judge struck down that order, calling it “arbitrary and capricious.”
From Los Angeles Times
With changes to tax law, the Dec. 31 deadline has become almost arbitrary, yet people still hew to old habits.
From MarketWatch
An arbitrary cap on interest rates wouldn’t magically render lending safer.
From Barron's
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