arbitrariness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arbitrariness
Noun
  • Some companies are more adept at hedging away risks of currency volatility than others, but even big hedging programs often won’t account for everything.
    Jesse Pound, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Due to these factors, there is a need to prepare for the potential volatility of federal government funding, county officials said.
    Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Through flood, earthquake, and subsidence, the Goose was coddled like a pedigree bird at a cost of US$1 million a year until Hughes died in 1976 after years of decline into Las Vegas penthouse seclusion and bizarre eccentricity.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The Parker's dedication to eccentricity runs deep, even down to the bathroom amenities.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • However, in 2024, the stock faced a major selloff, dropping as much as 80% due to regulatory concerns, including a delay in filing its annual 10-K report with the SEC, accusations of accounting irregularities from short-seller Hindenburg Research, and the resignation of its public auditors.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • For the clearance evaluation, a cardiologist or primary care physician might run tests such as an electrocardiogram, an echocardiogram or a nuclear stress test to detect any irregularities or signs of disease, such as arrhythmias, valve problems or blockages.
    Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • In the nineteen-nineties and two-thousands, as the center-left was evolving, the label was most effectively applied to those telegenic figures—Bill and Hillary Clinton, Tony Blair, John Edwards—who were suspected of ideological inconstancy and of substituting polls for principles.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2022
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“Arbitrariness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arbitrariness. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.

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