arbitrary
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They say it is an arbitrary calculation and accuse the scientific committee of endangering the export of feta.
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It took two minor characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet and put them centre stage, baffled and bewildered by the seemingly arbitrary events swirling around them.
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There followed a statement by U.S. bishops condemning what they called the vilification and arbitrary treatment of migrants.
But the plan would require Ukraine to cap its armed forces at an arbitrary level that wouldn’t suffice to deter or resist future aggression.
The deal, she said, likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act’s prohibition on government agencies from acting in an “arbitrary and capricious” manner, and didn’t comply with requirements in the Internal Revenue Code.
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