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indiscriminate

[in-di-skrim-uh-nit] / ˌɪn dɪˈskrɪm ə nɪt /


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His wannabe Robocops launch indiscriminate raids, operate detention facilities under conditions out of a Dickens novel and regularly don face masks to hide their identities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

“The idea that tossing the desires of Pearl’s family into the ashcan is ‘just what journalists do’ is only a cover for indiscriminate National Enquirer logic,” he said in a June 2002 column.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

As anti-aging science continues to evolve, these strategies could eventually support healthier aging while reducing the risks associated with indiscriminate senescent cell removal.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026

A 1999 report by the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights described “the disproportionate and indiscriminate use of lethal force applied to the civilian aircraft.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

The phrase ‘modern science’ was first used by Gideon Harvey in 1699, in the course of an indiscriminate attack on both the old and the new philosophies.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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