randomness

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Recent Examples of randomness Although the game is heavily reliant on dice, the randomness is fairly well mitigated because players can pick one of several dice rolls to apply. Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 21 Dec. 2025 What begins as a portrait of longevity becomes a meditation on the passage of time, the randomness of fate, and the joy and profound human experience of being alive. Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Dec. 2025 At the same time, the filmmaker finds a surprising pathos underneath all the viscera with Hal forced to confront the randomness and inevitability of death. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025 But the true question is lurking within the randomness alongside it. Peter Hall, Quanta Magazine, 10 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for randomness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for randomness
Noun
  • That uncertainty comes with a risk.
    Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
  • When uncertainty rises, organizations instinctively tighten their grip.
    Amy Eliza Wong, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Two snowmobilers died in separate accidents in western Wyoming in late January, officials said.
    Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Some businesses require drug tests for employment or following an on-site accident.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Uncovering a Speedster with a little over 13,000 miles on the odometer in an estate sale is automotive fortuity.
    Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 13 Sep. 2021
  • But after a while, realizing that in-person services remained a long way off, the group resumed meeting online, playing recordings of communal singing to which members could add their voices and sharing songs in advance to compensate for the loss of fortuity.
    Philissa Cramer, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • Many would give the shirt off their back to have your luck in men.
    Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • In the first five minutes, Leeds had several moments of threat down their left side, with Abbott actually doing well — albeit armed with a big chunk of luck — to deflect a Gabriel Gudmundsson cross over his own bar.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026

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“Randomness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/randomness. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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