arbitrary
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What frightens scientists more than the sheer numbers are that the cuts are arbitrary and manifestly pernicious.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
A Federal Reserve paper published last year found substantial and arbitrary variation in agent commissions across metropolitan areas.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
One place to start is reversing the agency’s arbitrary and callous rejections of rare disease and cancer treatments.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
"We express our grave concerns regarding economic coercion, including coercion through arbitrary export restrictions that may lead to supply chain disruptions, notably for critical minerals, and undermine economic security and resilience," the ministers said.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
His lawyers argued that the law is arbitrary and irrational, because it imposes such vastly different penalties on two forms of the same substance.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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