arbitrary
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What frightens scientists more than the sheer numbers are that the cuts are arbitrary and manifestly pernicious.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
The complaint was filed on behalf of 14 deportees, some of whom are currently held in Equatorial Guinea under conditions "amounting to arbitrary and indefinite detention", according to the lawsuit, seen by AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
A Federal Reserve paper published last year found substantial and arbitrary variation in agent commissions across metropolitan areas.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
The demarcation of what counts as misfortune on such sites is arbitrary, murky and movable, ultimately guaranteeing proxy bets that skirt regulatory requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Moreover, the idea of a limited set of allowed orbits seemed very arbitrary.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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