arbitrarily

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More importantly, Joseph seemed convinced that the FDA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in lifting the in-person dispensation requirement.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Coyle, from Colorado, was arrested in January 2025, according to the Foley Foundation, which advocates for the release of Americans taken hostage or arbitrarily detained abroad.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Dr. Prasad’s kill shot last week is part of a broader pattern in which he has arbitrarily changed standards for approving new drugs and reversed the agency’s prior guidance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 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

More or less reflexively, he dropped into his equations something called the cosmological constant, which arbitrarily counterbalanced the effects of gravity, serving as a kind of mathematical pause button.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson