"It was always going to be an arbitrary date," I said.

They wait for some arbitrary date or for a child to eat neatly.

If you want an arbitrary date for the burial of the 500-channel dream, Aug. 9, 1995, will do just fine.

But it is my judgment that setting an arbitrary date was unwise.

Delafosse assigned an arbitrary but widely accepted date of 1230 to the event.

Sunday is an arbitrary date, and the court simply refused to mediate a rational solution.

If he does, shouldn't these students be allowed to take as much time as necessary, rather than submit the assignments on an arbitrary date?

"The test ought to be the stability of Iraq, not an arbitrary date."

Diplomats said this was an arbitrary date they had chosen.

"It is my judgment that setting an arbitrary date was unwise," he said.