arbitrary
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All this variance and randomness, all these rules on top of regulations, none of it is exactly arbitrary, but neither is it fair.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
A Federal Reserve paper published last year found substantial and arbitrary variation in agent commissions across metropolitan areas.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
One place to start is reversing the agency’s arbitrary and callous rejections of rare disease and cancer treatments.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
In their legal claim, the group alleges that Vodafone – which has more than 350 franchise stores – made business decisions in "irrational, arbitrary" ways.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
Like all alphabetic writing systems, English uses many logograms, such as numerals, $, %, and + : that is, arbitrary signs, not made up of phonetic elements, representing whole words.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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