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Recent Examples of indiscriminately
But perhaps more troubling is that Google, the proprietor of the world’s primary research tool, has rolled out AI Overviews that can indiscriminately take in fake material and authoritatively spit it back out as real.
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Justin Elliott,
ProPublica,
2 July 2026
The results suggest that buyers remain highly selective rather than indiscriminately bullish.
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Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
30 June 2026
Over a century later, the Himalayan blackberry has spread far beyond the modest backyard bounds its importers envisioned, opting instead to take over indiscriminately and displace the native trailing blackberry (Rubus ursinus) in the process.
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The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
25 June 2026
The soldiers fire their rifles almost indiscriminately, in other scenes ziplining just a few hundred feet from passing taxis and motorcycles.
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Avery Schmitz,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
This does not mean investors should buy low-quality businesses indiscriminately.
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Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
While speaking to local news outlet Alaska News Source, the organization's president, Amber Morris, said the situation arose after a bird owner allowed his parakeets to mate indiscriminately.
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
Oscar Sanchez-Muñoz, of Independence, Missouri, allegedly shot several people indiscriminately along freeways and roadways the evening of June 16, Kansas City police said.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
In addition to planting the explosives in the municipality of Cajibío, authorities claim the group's criminal activities included stealing vehicles along the Pan-American Highway and indiscriminately deploying drones loaded with explosives.
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Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
Justin Elliott,
ProPublica,
2 July 2026
The results suggest that buyers remain highly selective rather than indiscriminately bullish.
—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
30 June 2026
Over a century later, the Himalayan blackberry has spread far beyond the modest backyard bounds its importers envisioned, opting instead to take over indiscriminately and displace the native trailing blackberry (Rubus ursinus) in the process.
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The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
25 June 2026
The soldiers fire their rifles almost indiscriminately, in other scenes ziplining just a few hundred feet from passing taxis and motorcycles.
—
Avery Schmitz,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
This does not mean investors should buy low-quality businesses indiscriminately.
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Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
While speaking to local news outlet Alaska News Source, the organization's president, Amber Morris, said the situation arose after a bird owner allowed his parakeets to mate indiscriminately.
—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
Oscar Sanchez-Muñoz, of Independence, Missouri, allegedly shot several people indiscriminately along freeways and roadways the evening of June 16, Kansas City police said.
—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
In addition to planting the explosives in the municipality of Cajibío, authorities claim the group's criminal activities included stealing vehicles along the Pan-American Highway and indiscriminately deploying drones loaded with explosives.
—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indiscriminately
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The movie-release calendar, though often arbitrarily assembled, can sometimes place seemingly unrelated works in meaningful proximity—and in conversation.
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Administrators don’t act arbitrarily, and their actions are publicly logged and closely scrutinized.
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Officials said activities connected to people ‒ from fireworks to carelessly discarded cigarettes ‒ have sparked 75% of wildfires in Utah in 2026.
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Under a new Douglas County ordinance, illegally operating an OHV, driving one carelessly or recklessly, and not wearing a helmet if under 18 could land you with up to a $1,000 fine.
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Huxley’s critique is clear; America mistakes body for spirit, promiscuously confusing the physical with the metaphysical.
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Political factions are steered by big personalities, and politicians jump promiscuously between parties.
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Cybersecurity buyers rarely engage casually.
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In one stunning shot, a dragon surges into battle, casually dragging a toe across the water.
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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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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.
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These options let the computer randomly generate numbers for you.
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The skills people need to build organizations, connections and relationships don’t just show up in adulthood randomly.
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Towel Bars Towel bars can easily look sloppy once a few towels have been haphazardly hung on them.
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In a May 5 Facebook post, officials in Saône-et-Loire, France, shared a video of a deer haphazardly running in circles around a field in what appeared to be an intoxicated state.
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Clyne returned to Palace, initially being invited to train with the club informally in September 2020 before he was awarded a contract until the end of January, which was then extended several times.
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Gehrig, the New York Yankees player for whom the disease was informally named, brought global awareness to ALS after his diagnosis in the 1930s.
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“Indiscriminately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indiscriminately. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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