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Recent Examples of indiscriminately
Envision a passive approach to private credit, inflows would require managers to indiscriminately allocate capital among existing borrowers.
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Mike Terwilliger, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Avoid spraying indiscriminately indoors.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
The botanist who discovered this plant in Argentina, instead of exploiting its commercial potential, decided to distribute its seeds indiscriminately, desiring only that everyone should share in its beauty.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
Police say the lone suspect indiscriminately shot at the immigration facility from the rooftop of a nearby law office.
—Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025
The gunman fired indiscriminately at the ICE building, as well as at a van in an entrance where the victims were shot, the statement said.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Officers said the shooter, identified as Joshua Jahn, had fired indiscriminately from a nearby building, before taking his own life.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
No doubt many of your colleagues had their jobs indiscriminately minced by the same whizzing DOGE machine that gifted you this painless early retirement.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Large groups were indiscriminately huddled together and riddled with machine gun fire.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Mike Terwilliger, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Avoid spraying indiscriminately indoors.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
The botanist who discovered this plant in Argentina, instead of exploiting its commercial potential, decided to distribute its seeds indiscriminately, desiring only that everyone should share in its beauty.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
Police say the lone suspect indiscriminately shot at the immigration facility from the rooftop of a nearby law office.
—Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025
The gunman fired indiscriminately at the ICE building, as well as at a van in an entrance where the victims were shot, the statement said.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Officers said the shooter, identified as Joshua Jahn, had fired indiscriminately from a nearby building, before taking his own life.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
No doubt many of your colleagues had their jobs indiscriminately minced by the same whizzing DOGE machine that gifted you this painless early retirement.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Large groups were indiscriminately huddled together and riddled with machine gun fire.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indiscriminately
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These puzzles, like the horizon problem, the flatness problem, and the monopole problem, strongly suggested that the hot, dense, early state couldn’t be extrapolated to arbitrarily high temperatures and energies.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Oct. 2025
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Iran has accused France of arbitrarily detaining Mahdieh Esfandiari, an Iranian student living in the French city of Lyon, who was arrested this year over anti-Israel social media posts.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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Wallets, coins, and rings are carelessly passed around this little society, and messages are corrupted—from Orsino’s wooing of Olivia, which is accidentally undone by his own go-between, Viola, to the letters that deceive Malvolio.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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But also just a touch ironic — like a man handing out fire safety pamphlets while carelessly flipping burgers over a bonfire on his porch.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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Political factions are steered by big personalities, and politicians jump promiscuously between parties.—
BEN BLAND,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Feb. 2024
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Soon there’s a birthday party, Valentine’s Day, a brit bat (aka a baby-naming ceremony), Purim (a celebration of Jewish deliverance casually referred to as Jewish Halloween), and a game night at a beer garden.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
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Dacus appeared visibly confused by Monáe casually dropping some time-traveling lore.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
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These options let the computer randomly generate numbers for you.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Poets from across the country apply and are randomly selected to perform at events in New York, or at pop-up showcases in other cities worldwide.—
Megan Sauer,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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In fact, it's all done rather haphazardly, but with inherent purpose, which is exactly how a true Southern cook runs a kitchen.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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Instead of haphazardly stuffing them into your nightstand drawer, place them in a whimsical Hay tin container.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Hanging below the vast cosmic heart is a knot of dust and gas known informally as the Fishhead Nebula, thanks to its vaguely oval outline and a dark dust filament that gives it the appearance of an aquatic creature.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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Bodine said that the HOA wanted to try to resolve the concerns informally and come to a resolution.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
17 Oct. 2025
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Huffman recently whimsically hinted at his enthusiasm about representing new territory.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Indiscriminately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indiscriminately. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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