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arbitrarily

[ahr-bi-trair-uh-lee] / ˌɑr bɪˈtrɛər ə li /


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The universe contains a finite amount of information that can become accessible to us, even if we waited for an arbitrarily long time.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Foro Penal confirmed the release of Miguel Castillo Cedeño, who it said had been arbitrarily detained since June 2019.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

So, arbitrarily boosting testosterone is not good for young men without deficiencies.

From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026

Department of Housing and Urban Development acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it suspended the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority from managing federal homelessness funds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

More or less reflexively, he dropped into his equations something called the cosmological constant, which arbitrarily counterbalanced the effects of gravity, serving as a kind of mathematical pause button.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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