arbitrarily choose

Frequency: 7.02.5 per million words

Used when picking an option without a specific criterion or reason.

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Examples (10)

  • The committee seemed to arbitrarily choose the winner without any clear criteria.
  • For the experiment, a sample was arbitrarily chosen from the general population.
  • Don't just arbitrarily choose a number; try to find a logical pattern.
  • He would often arbitrarily choose a restaurant for dinner, surprising his friends every time.
  • Why did you arbitrarily choose this topic for your presentation?
  • If you arbitrarily choose stocks without research, you're more likely to lose money.
  • The tyrant was known to arbitrarily choose people for punishment to instill fear.
  • The software is designed to arbitrarily choose a starting player for the game.
  • Arbitrarily choosing a direction, the lost hiker hoped to find a landmark.
  • We can't just arbitrarily choose a solution; we need to analyze the data first.