arbitrary standard
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Coe pushed back on a suggestion that 0.1 is an arbitrary standard but said of the competition committee: “I think they will look at that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2022
It was as if the landscape itself had dysmorphia, altering its physical appearance to fit an arbitrary standard that undermined its primary function.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2020
Fashion in this context was not about looking au courant or attractive by some arbitrary standard.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2019
A day, therefore, is not and cannot be some arbitrary standard.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2015
To say that the modern chrysanthemum is better than that of our forbears because it is more chrysanthemum-like is true only if we make the latter form the arbitrary standard of the chrysanthemum.
From The Psychology of Beauty by Ethel Dench Puffer Howes
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