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arbitrarily

[ahr-bi-trair-uh-lee] / ˌɑr bɪˈtrɛər ə li /


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"Performing a logical operation in this fault-tolerant way would be relatively easy if we could move our qubits around and connect them arbitrarily to each other," says Kerschbaum.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

The deal was also criticised by Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse, who says she was "arbitrarily denied entry" to Hong Kong to visit her newborn grandson last year.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

Neither you nor your sibling, acting alone as a beneficiary — or even as a co-trustee — can arbitrarily retitle land that has been properly placed in a trust.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

Like many former empires, Iran’s borders were drawn rather arbitrarily with respect to sizable ethnic communities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

“Oh, one or two,” I said arbitrarily: I would have liked to play in all of them.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane