arbitrariness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arbitrariness
Noun
  • Manufacturers are adjusting supply chains and renegotiating contracts to manage price volatility.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 30 June 2025
  • Trump’s imposition of the highest tariffs in generations shocked the world in April, triggering extreme volatility on Wall Street.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Cena, despite his attempts at wackadoo eccentricity, seldom has enough energy to create meaningful contrast with Elba’s straight man (in fact, Elba is often the funnier and sharper of the two), and most dialogue scenes end up flat and repetitive.
    Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 27 June 2025
  • That’s a straightforward but wonderfully satisfying template, and the kind of thing that’s become a rarity in a genre where the main character’s eccentricities might as well be a shorthand that distinguishes one show from another.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • Menstrual irregularities can also indicate stress, hormonal imbalances, gynecological diseases and infections.
    Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 30 June 2025
  • Like Nakashima, who created one-off wooden furnishings that embraced all the irregularities of wood, FormaFantasma also allowed the natural materials to be the most prominent feature of these works.
    Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Europeans, awakened to the danger of American inconstancy, are scrambling to spend trillions more on defense in coming years.
    Adam Rasmi, Time, 20 June 2025
  • Years of naval inconstancy with repair work drove Vigor Industrial—a once vibrant and growing maritime conglomerate—into the welcoming arms of hedge funds, which wasted no time in striping the company of value.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
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“Arbitrariness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arbitrariness. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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