capriciousness
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They include the rule of law and a lack of regulatory capriciousness in the U.S.
From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026
Winslet somehow makes whole a character whose hallmark is her capriciousness, as, under successive influences or inspirations, she adopts one persona after another.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2024
Struggle — to protect loved ones, to navigate a warming planet, to escape strife and oppression, to survive nature’s capriciousness.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2023
Yet there are mechanisms in place, figuratively and literally, to protect the human species from the capriciousness of the handful of people who get to control nuclear weapons.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2022
At church Father Mike appeared and disappeared with the capriciousness of a divinity.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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