arbitrary
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My goal is to retire — or at least significantly cut back — by age 60 or 62, with a somewhat arbitrary target of $5 million in retirement savings.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
"We could have picked some more arbitrary target," Stoudenmire says.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Even after 1964, when Leonid Brezhnev halted reforms, persecuted dissidents and presided over what came to be regarded as “the era of stagnation,” the arbitrary arrests of millions did not resume.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
He said he "didn't destroy, rip, tear, peel, or remove any part" of the paint and described his arrest as "arbitrary, capricious prosecution".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Mom is arbitrary and inconsistent and always believes she’s right.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Some contained codes, devised by Anson Stager, general manager of U.S. military telegraphs, that inserted decoy words or arbitraries into messages that were unscrambled with cipher charts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2016
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