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capriciously

ADVERB
erratically
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Every day, there are stories of researchers seeing their life's work being capriciously destroyed without any thought or consideration for the value they bring to the country's economic and social well-being.

From Salon Jun. 2, 2025

The pursuit for better never ends and capriciously it brings no guarantees of improvement.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2025

We are given the choice of either embracing the proven past or, to quote the rest of the title of Hyde’s capriciously edifying new book, “Getting Past the Past.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2020

The justice channeled his inner Scalia, drawing upon a deep skepticism of the government’s power to capriciously punish citizens and immigrants alike.

From Slate Apr. 17, 2018

Although neophyte writers may repeat a simple sentence structure to the point of inanity, most writers go to the opposite extreme and vary their syntax capriciously.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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