arbitrary

Example Sentences

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The government had not set "an arbitrary target" for how many farms it wanted to join the SFS in the first year, but those numbers would be one sign of success, he said.

From BBC

"Such arbitrary suspensions make an already intolerable situation even worse for the people of Gaza," he said.

From Barron's

"The authorities must put an end to all arbitrary detentions and all forms of intimidation, including physical attacks on human rights defenders and restrictions on freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly."

From Barron's

Such arrests appear arbitrary and capricious, and are unlikely to survive scrutiny by the courts, Judge Pitts ruled Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times

“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