arbitrary
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Open inquiry, honest engagement with evidence, the willingness to follow reasoning wherever it leads—these aren’t arbitrary cultural preferences; they are the conditions under which intelligence flourishes at scale.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 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
Brendan O'Hara, vice chair of the all-parliamentary group for arbitrary detention and hostage affairs, previously told the BBC the Foremans were "innocent victims of a geopolitical power struggle".
From BBC • 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
This was no gradual change, either: It was as if an arbitrary line had been picked, and from that point on, there were only shivers and chills.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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