arbitrary
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"To make a decision about what the sentence means, based on something that's so arbitrary and out of people's control, feels like a major injustice."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Keeping a collection of arbitrary objects may be irrational.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
A three-judge bench ruled that the pardon granted by then president Maithripala Sirisena in May 2019 was "arbitrary and invalid".
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
District Judge David O. Carter issued a preliminary injunction, calling HUD’s action arbitrary and capricious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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
Some contained codes, devised by Anson Stager, general manager of U.S. military telegraphs, that inserted decoy words or arbitraries into messages that were unscrambled with cipher charts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2016
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