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caprices

noun

plural of caprice

as in whims

a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action an out-of-character caprice led him to take the day off from work and go to the beach

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Recent Examples of caprices But Gurdon doesn’t hold up the caprices and improvisations of her childhood as either a model or a cautionary tale. — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2026 We are subjected daily to the caprices of a mind both unregulated and amoral. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026 One needed Mother Nature to bestow upon brewers the right temperatures for making beer, and in the days before refrigeration and even thermometers, that meant that brewing was largely dictated by the caprices of the seasons. — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026

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whims

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From here on out, the authorship of Tae-ju’s life is ambiguous, as well as constantly in flux, buffeted by the whims and suggestions of others, as well as by her own impulses.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
But elevating the whims of progressive activists and government bureaucrats above the wisdom of the marketplace has proven a costly mistake and undermined consumer choice.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026

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