as in casually
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
the winner will be randomly chosen from among all of the entries
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Recent Examples of randomly
Those who sign up are expected to receive an email to see if they’ve been randomly selected for a time slot to shop when tickets officially go on sale in August.
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City News Service, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
The motor can also rotate clockwise, causing the cell to tumble about randomly.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
Dan Wallis, the court administrator for McHenry County, said that McHenry and many other counties use jury management software to randomly pull names from the state list.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
In this ultra-cold, coherent state, the atoms are expected to undergo radioactive decay in sync rather than randomly.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
Months earlier, miners had dug foxholes under tents so women and children could avoid bullets randomly fired through the camps.
—Robert Forrant, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
These options let the computer randomly generate numbers for you.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
Students apply for it in their junior year, and are tasked with randomly choosing a decade to design head-turning fashion.
—Chris Wragge, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Police said the man who was critically injured appeared to be targeted at random, and investigators were looking into whether the two women killed were targeted randomly.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
City News Service, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
The motor can also rotate clockwise, causing the cell to tumble about randomly.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
Dan Wallis, the court administrator for McHenry County, said that McHenry and many other counties use jury management software to randomly pull names from the state list.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
In this ultra-cold, coherent state, the atoms are expected to undergo radioactive decay in sync rather than randomly.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
Months earlier, miners had dug foxholes under tents so women and children could avoid bullets randomly fired through the camps.
—Robert Forrant, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
These options let the computer randomly generate numbers for you.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
Students apply for it in their junior year, and are tasked with randomly choosing a decade to design head-turning fashion.
—Chris Wragge, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Police said the man who was critically injured appeared to be targeted at random, and investigators were looking into whether the two women killed were targeted randomly.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for randomly
Adverb
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Charlotte Reiss's kitchen in the heart of Provence is a casually elegant space that would put any home cook at ease.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
27 Apr. 2026
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Bierman captured the moment as Wetjen stood near the green, casually holding a wedge while taking the call — a scene that somehow makes getting drafted to the NFL feel like just another Saturday afternoon.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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At nickel, Brownlee is the primary option, though, as mentioned, Ponds could push him — and safety Minkah Fitzpatrick might wind up getting the bulk of the snaps at nickel anyway.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The audience participates anyway.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The worms thrash and move erratically with a snake-like motion that disturbs the topsoil.—
Maria Braganini,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Minutes later, another 911 call reported the vehicle being driven erratically on the same highway but southbound.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Crawling the walls Orson Welles learned to draw from his mother, who informally homeschooled the budding artist during his childhood, which was marked by grave illnesses including malaria and diphtheria.—
Michelle Duncan,
Architectural Digest,
22 Apr. 2026
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The public signing of the Executive Order 26-3 comes in the final three weeks of a legislative session that has yet to resolve how much of the $500 million informally earmarked for addressing affordability issues will go to aid for municipalities facing sharply higher education costs.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
17 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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In the final cut, Mabel accidentally stumbles upon research being done by her biology professor (Kathy Najimy), discovers the technology, and hijacks a robot beaver.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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People living in areas with red flag warnings are asked to take extra precautions to avoid accidentally igniting a fire.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Although the ingredients may seem haphazardly thrown together, and the dough is prepared to the unique style of the pizzaiolo, the process is meticulous and the outcome is often a masterpiece.—
Tim Meehan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Often, the bowls are sitting on the bottom shelf amidst the glassware with a number of matching—or mismatched—glasses haphazardly thrown inside.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Ehrmann says the problem isn’t just limited to tilt-and-turns but comes up in all kinds of architectural projects that have irregularly shaped windows.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
21 Apr. 2026
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It is alleged that the contract was irregularly awarded and some of the police officers received bribes from the winning bidders.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Windshield after windshield smashed in Linden Surveillance video from a Linden apartment complex shows a person in the early hours of Monday morning drive up, get out of his vehicle and throw bricks through the windshields of parked cars, chucking them aimlessly from multiple launch points.—
Allen Devlin,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Scrolling your phone aimlessly can feel awkward.—
Lauren Schuster,
Sacbee.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Randomly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/randomly. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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