choose arbitrarily
Frequency: 5.53.2 per million words
to select based on chance or personal whim rather than any reason or system
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Examples (10)
- The participants were chosen arbitrarily from the list of volunteers.
- You can't just choose the winners arbitrarily; there must be clear criteria.
- He seemed to choose his route arbitrarily, with no map to guide him.
- Do not choose the samples arbitrarily; follow the established protocol.
- The committee was criticized for choosing the location so arbitrarily.
- The control group was formed by choosing subjects arbitrarily from the population.
- Looking back, I realize I had chosen my college major quite arbitrarily.
- If you choose your investments arbitrarily, you risk losing a lot of money.
- The system seems to choose a number arbitrarily between one and one hundred.
- The manager was accused of choosing employees for promotion arbitrarily.