arbitrary

Example Sentences

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The A cap seems arbitrary and shifting to A-minuses feels inconsequential, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

District Judge Kevin Castel sided with the department on these grounds, holding that the courthouse arrests were not unlawfully arbitrary.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

In her ruling, she said the government's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk was "likely both contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious."

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

“Bad years for the S&P 500 are due to very specific factors, not just bad luck or arbitrary changes in investor sentiment,” said Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek, in commentary shared with MarketWatch on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

"It is too complicated. It has too many arbitrary parameters," Lederman said.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson