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Recent Examples of indiscriminately
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.
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Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Critics worldwide argue that cluster munitions kill or maim indiscriminately, with unexploded bomblets remaining dangerous long after their use.
—Melanie Lidman, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Bahrain accused Iran of indiscriminately attacking civilian targets and damaging one of its desalination plants, though its electricity and water authority said supplies remained online.
—Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
During the trial, prosecutors said the activists aimed to paralyze Hong Kong’s government and force the city’s leader to resign by aiming to win a legislative majority and using it to block government budgets indiscriminately.
—ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
Images of piles of body bags and videos of government agents in Iran firing indiscriminately on protesters opposed to the country’s repressive regime have left experts and world leaders alike struggling to investigate just how many people the ayatollah’s forces have killed in recent weeks.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
During the administration’s immigration crackdown, hundreds have been hurt, and courts in at least four states have found that officers used force inappropriately and indiscriminately.
—Daniella Silva, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
Prune branches selectively rather than shearing indiscriminately.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2026
With fewer large particles to scatter light indiscriminately, the colors that reach your eyes can appear richer.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Critics worldwide argue that cluster munitions kill or maim indiscriminately, with unexploded bomblets remaining dangerous long after their use.
—Melanie Lidman, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Bahrain accused Iran of indiscriminately attacking civilian targets and damaging one of its desalination plants, though its electricity and water authority said supplies remained online.
—Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
During the trial, prosecutors said the activists aimed to paralyze Hong Kong’s government and force the city’s leader to resign by aiming to win a legislative majority and using it to block government budgets indiscriminately.
—ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
Images of piles of body bags and videos of government agents in Iran firing indiscriminately on protesters opposed to the country’s repressive regime have left experts and world leaders alike struggling to investigate just how many people the ayatollah’s forces have killed in recent weeks.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
During the administration’s immigration crackdown, hundreds have been hurt, and courts in at least four states have found that officers used force inappropriately and indiscriminately.
—Daniella Silva, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
Prune branches selectively rather than shearing indiscriminately.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2026
With fewer large particles to scatter light indiscriminately, the colors that reach your eyes can appear richer.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indiscriminately
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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.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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There are questions about the rights of citizens versus non-citizens, the rights of the US to pull visas arbitrarily.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Children are not cars whose gas tanks can simply be carelessly overfilled.—
Lauren Arikan,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
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For the visitors’ winner, Anthony Gordon unwisely attempted to dribble inside his own half and carelessly lost possession.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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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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Who’s casually driving around Marietta Square with that kind of payload?—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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The baby blue shade is on-trend and so easy to dress-up with kitten heels or wear casually with sneakers and a sweater.—
Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
10 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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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.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Will Arnett appears in the last two episodes as an unorthodox — think Judd Hirsch in Ordinary People, only less Jewish — New York City shrink whose attractiveness everybody randomly comments on, almost-but-not-quite saving the urban portions of those episodes.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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Half were randomly assigned to eat a daily cup of mango and a daily cup of avocado, while the other half ate different foods that provided the same number of calories.—
Currie Engel,
Health,
12 Mar. 2026
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After losing half of the original roster to trades and a few more bodies to injury, this haphazardly assembled roster is not comfortable playing together.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Typically, fractures are fault lines that propagate haphazardly under stress and spread through inert materials, such as ice, rock, or concrete.—
Clare Watson,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Feb. 2026
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It is known as Obamacare, but only informally.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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In fact, within weeks of taking the job, Franzen informally proposed building a tollway instead of a freeway that had been on the drawing board for 20 years.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Indiscriminately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indiscriminately. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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