nonrandom
adjective
non·ran·dom
ˌnän-ˈran-dəm 
: not random
a nonrandom event
a nonrandom sample of the population
… overlooks a lot of recent academic work that has confirmed that significant nonrandom patterns exist in the markets.—
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Problem after problem turned out to be far easier to solve with randomness than with nonrandom, or deterministic, algorithms.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
Proofs of quantum advantage always seemed dependent on oracles that had some kind of nonrandom structure, such as periodicity.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 July 2022
And that nonrandom peptide could by chance have some function in a growing proto-cell.
—Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2022
Moderna’s clinical trial included a relatively small, nonrandom group of people who received only a single dose.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2021
In 21 states, the survey is based on roughly 1,000 interviews conducted online and by phone of respondents drawn from a random sample, as well as roughly 3,000 interviews conducted online of a nonrandom or nonprobability sample.
—Brian McGill, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022
Over the next 40 years, computer scientists worked to figure out nonrandom recipes for arranging bits that approached the random ideal.
—Quanta Magazine, 24 Nov. 2021
He was born with VACTERL (a nonrandom association of birth defects).
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2021
The samples are small and nonrandom; participants are often recruited through internet postings or word of mouth.
—Barbara Bradley Hagerty, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2020
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Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
Proofs of quantum advantage always seemed dependent on oracles that had some kind of nonrandom structure, such as periodicity.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 July 2022
And that nonrandom peptide could by chance have some function in a growing proto-cell.
—Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2022
Moderna’s clinical trial included a relatively small, nonrandom group of people who received only a single dose.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2021
In 21 states, the survey is based on roughly 1,000 interviews conducted online and by phone of respondents drawn from a random sample, as well as roughly 3,000 interviews conducted online of a nonrandom or nonprobability sample.
—Brian McGill, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022
Over the next 40 years, computer scientists worked to figure out nonrandom recipes for arranging bits that approached the random ideal.
—Quanta Magazine, 24 Nov. 2021
He was born with VACTERL (a nonrandom association of birth defects).
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2021
The samples are small and nonrandom; participants are often recruited through internet postings or word of mouth.
—Barbara Bradley Hagerty, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2020
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“Nonrandom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonrandom. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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