capricious
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The scene, which Günes said last took place two months ago, is a snapshot not from a stern theocracy ruled by capricious clerics, but from the capital of Europe’s largest economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
You really see this change, and yet it doesn’t feel capricious because he has been listening the whole time.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
He called his arrest an "arbitrary, capricious prosecution".
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
In her ruling, she said the government's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk was "likely both contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious."
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
His mother, when she had him, was only seventeen—a thin-blooded, capricious girl with red hair and a rich daddy, who ran off with the drummer for Vance Vane and his Musical Swains.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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