caprice
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Their caprice is not divine mystery; it is bald fact.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
It told the BBC that COP presidents are "expected to act without bias, prejudice, favouritism, caprice, self-interest, preference or deference, strictly based on sound, independent and fair judgement".
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2023
It wasn’t “if” early America would fall back under tyranny, the lawless caprice of monarchy, but when.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2023
At first, it seemed to be another caprice of two already unusual animals: Flying squirrels and platypuses were found to be fluorescent, absorbing invisible ultraviolet light and re-emitting it in shocking pink or bright cyan.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2023
She made no ineffectual efforts to conduct her household en bonne m4nagdre, going and coming as it suited her fancy, and, so far as she was able, lending herself to any passing caprice.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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