arbitrarily
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"Authorities must allow young people to exercise these rights without fear of being hit by tear gas grenades or batons, or being arbitrarily taken into police custody," said Amnesty France president Anne Savinel-Barras.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
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
As a result, the First Amendment “requires that this access not be denied arbitrarily or for less than compelling reasons.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
God could have made the universe in many different ways; he has arbitrarily chosen to make it as it is, and the order it displays is an order he has chosen to impose upon it.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing arbitrarily
Lincoln Inaugural Address (March 1861)
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The Freedom of Information Act (2016)
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The Martian
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