arbitrary

Example Sentences

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"The authorities must put an end to all arbitrary detentions and all forms of intimidation, including physical attacks on human rights defenders and restrictions on freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly."

From Barron's

Such arrests appear arbitrary and capricious, and are unlikely to survive scrutiny by the courts, Judge Pitts ruled Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times

“What else could defendants’ decisions to cut funding to specific counterterrorism programming by conspicuous round numbered amounts — including by slashing off the millions-place digits of awarded sums — be if not arbitrary and capricious?”

From Salon

The rule, she wrote, is “arbitrary and capricious.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Last week, a federal judge struck down that order, calling it “arbitrary and capricious.”

From Los Angeles Times