whim

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Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fell Thursday as digital assets traded in step with stock markets and at the whim of developments in the Iran war.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

They’re not just wasting their money on a whim.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

But an important detail intervened: The Federal Reserve Act states that Fed governors can be removed only “for cause,” not at the president’s whim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Lens added that their domestic league risks being "gradually relegated to the status of an adjustment variable at the whim of the European imperatives of some".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

As if it was trivial for us, a frill, a whim.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood