randomness

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Recent Examples of randomness Tait profiles four couples who—despite missteps, redirections, and the randomness of life—managed to reconnect and begin a long-term relationship. Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024 Both O’Neill Burke and police Superintendent Larry Snelling noted the apparent randomness of the shootings. Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025 Some of it is the randomness of life in the algorithm era, and some of it was specific to this show and that moment. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025 Despite its simplicity, the coin toss is a pivotal moment in the Super Bowl, one that carries weight far beyond its apparent randomness. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for randomness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for randomness
Noun
  • The tariff file has caused a high level of uncertainty both for consumers and businesses.
    Robert Barone, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • In this context of uncertainty, competition intensifies on entry and middle market watches.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • After losing her 6-year-old daughter to a tragic accident, one mother honored her child through friendship bracelets at the 2024 Era’s Tour Comments Diane Harrell lost her daughter, Isla Grace, in March 2024 after a tragic accident involving a drunk driver.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Giuffre had been in a contentious divorce with her husband, Robert, and had recently been injured in a car accident in Australia.
    Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The massive success can be seen in real time, as the electronic signup sheet typically fills up and spills over onto a waitlist within minutes of it being emailed out—we’ve tried each month to snag a spot with no luck, just to test this theory.
    Sophie Liza Cannon, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • And if this isn’t an isolated incident, then this presents a huge problem for the remnants of humanity, most of whom have survived through a mixture of luck and simply being able to outthink these single-minded creatures.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2025

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“Randomness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/randomness. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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