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was discretionary
adjective
Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.
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Exact(25)
"It would be better if it was discretionary".
It was discretionary spending by males who clearly had other cars in their garages".
I think that qualifies for being, first of all, it was discretionary.
You could say Iraq was discretionary, I would say Afghanistan was non-discretionary.
"I told him that it was discretionary money for community-based organizations, but he didn't want it".
Under an older policy formulated in 1978, leniency was discretionary and not available after an investigation opened.
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"[T]he relevant inquiry is not whether the specific act complained of was negligent, but whether it was discretionary-decisional in nature". Id. at 350, 422 N.W.2d 688.
"It's discretionary.
This decision is discretionary.
Admission to Stanford Continuing Studies courses is discretionary.
The last 5percentt would be discretionary.
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