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Recent Examples of arbitrariness
The sense of arbitrariness that had previously bewildered and frustrated me was drowned out by excitement and sheer aesthetic pleasure.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arbitrariness
Noun
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Stocks remain near record highs , although October saw bouts of volatility that saw some of the largest one-day losses in stock market history.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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The cryptocurrency is known for its price volatility, but some have gotten rich investing in the coin at the right time.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
31 Oct. 2025
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That almost feline fickleness mostly has to do with the structure of the comet itself, which can change over time.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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For chasers like Olbinski, the monsoon’s fickleness is both a frustration and a thrill.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The same goes for Lanthimos’ ability to draw performances out of actors that suggest a freedom to indulge in eccentricity, the stranger the better.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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Rhoden and her colleagues studied how the eccentricity could have changed to recreate what is seen at Mimas today.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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One way to assess possible malignancy is irregularity of a growth, speed of growth, localized lymph node metastasis as evidenced by enlargement of the nodes, and more but there is no substitute for an FNA or removal and biopsy.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Lately, Parker has also embraced the wabi-sabi ideal—that there is glory in irregularity, in something being vaguely misshapen.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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Scientific and engineering advances don't do well in the face of such wild swings and inconstancy.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
18 Aug. 2025
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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
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“Arbitrariness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arbitrariness. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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