arbitrary
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He found the work boring, subject to arbitrary management dictates and not satisfactorily remunerative.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
“It’s an arbitrary threshold that serves a few purposes.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
That’s a quintessential example of an agency action that’s unlawfully arbitrary and capricious.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026
She has been extremely active in denouncing corruption, illegalities, arbitrary actions by the authorities, and human rights violations.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
The scale is of course more an idea than an object, an arbitrary measure of the Earth’s tremblings based on surface measurements.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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The Declaration of Independence
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