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Recent Examples of capriciously
Permits that are granted and withdrawn capriciously, tax credits that come and go, technologies that fall in or out of favor in successive administrations, and endless legal battles all amount to dangerous barriers to investment.
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Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026
That standard would uphold the NCAA’s interpretation of the waiver rule so long as the NCAA didn’t act arbitrarily or capriciously, either of which is difficult to show.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026
That standard would uphold the NCAA’s interpretation of the waiver rule so long as the NCAA didn’t act arbitrarily or capriciously, either of which is difficult to show.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capriciously
Adverb
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These types of homes should not be arbitrarily restricted from the state’s residential areas.—
Eliza Terziev,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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The plaintiffs at the center of this case are not being targeted arbitrarily.—
Mikayla Price,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Users in China and elsewhere have shared stories of OpenClaw run amok, deleting emails indiscriminately or making unauthorized credit card purchases.—
Erin Tan,
NBC news,
23 Mar. 2026
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The specks of light are small bombs, each carrying up to 11 pounds of explosives, which are released at high altitude from the head of the missile before raining down indiscriminately over a wide area.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Treat the produce section carelessly.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
3 Apr. 2026
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Residents were treated carelessly, disrespectfully, insensitively.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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No landlord would allow an occupant to change his property without approval, let alone whimsically destroy a third of it.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2026
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Something this rare — this pink, this whimsically named — had been thriving just steps away from a local community, entirely unrecognized until the survey team went out to look.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Timothée Chalamet heads to the beach in Miami in a casually stylish look of a Nahmias cap, Supreme x Wu-Tang Clan RZA T-shirt and cargo shorts on April 17.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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The need to constantly fact check statements by those who casually share stories in public forums, not to mention politicians and corporations, will not be lost on contemporary theater audiences.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Students apply for it in their junior year, and are tasked with randomly choosing a decade to design head-turning fashion.—
Chris Wragge,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Police said the man who was critically injured appeared to be targeted at random, and investigators were looking into whether the two women killed were targeted randomly.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Political factions are steered by big personalities, and politicians jump promiscuously between parties.—
BEN BLAND,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Feb. 2024
Adverb
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Ehrmann says the problem isn’t just limited to tilt-and-turns but comes up in all kinds of architectural projects that have irregularly shaped windows.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
21 Apr. 2026
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It is alleged that the contract was irregularly awarded and some of the police officers received bribes from the winning bidders.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Capriciously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capriciously. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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