arbitrary
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Both Kikuo and Shunsuke will enjoy high highs and low lows, but it’s their perseverance that ultimately means more than arbitrary benchmarks like “genius” or “brilliance.”
From Los Angeles Times
That is a contractual choice, not arbitrary discrimination.
“How long did you intend to keep all these women and children in arbitrary detention? This has already gone on way too long,” Heller said.
Breaches of arbitrary rules, such as a visitor ban, could attract hefty "fines" from his previous employer, who leased him the room.
From Barron's
The CIA released a pair of similar videos last year that targeted Communist Party officials, seeking to appeal to concerns about lack of advancement or arbitrary purges.
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