randomize
verb
ran·dom·ize
ˈran-də-ˌmīz 
randomized; randomizing
: to select, assign, or arrange in a random way
randomizer
noun
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The numbers have been randomized.
A randomized study of patients treated with the drug showed it to be effective.
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The trial randomized 559 participants across the U.S., China, India, Japan and Mexico and measured the drug’s efficacy and safety in adults with Type 2 diabetes compared to a placebo.
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
The Global Observatory for AI Impact: An observatory for tracking the emotional, cognitive, and social effects of AI adoption around the world, allowing for large scale randomized experiments into how people are responding to AI across different countries or locations.
—Tracey Follows, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Google says its signals are randomized so they can’t be associated with a specific person or account.
—Kelvin Chan, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
The Heritage report attempts to cast doubt on the validity of decades of science by, in part, arguing that studies linking air pollution to health effects fail to prove causation, because they’re not randomized or controlled.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
The Global Observatory for AI Impact: An observatory for tracking the emotional, cognitive, and social effects of AI adoption around the world, allowing for large scale randomized experiments into how people are responding to AI across different countries or locations.
—Tracey Follows, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Google says its signals are randomized so they can’t be associated with a specific person or account.
—Kelvin Chan, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
The Heritage report attempts to cast doubt on the validity of decades of science by, in part, arguing that studies linking air pollution to health effects fail to prove causation, because they’re not randomized or controlled.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
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randomize
verb
ran·dom·ize
ˈran-də-ˌmīz
randomized; randomizing
: to make random
shuffling randomizes playing cards
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