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
The participants, whose ages ranged from 50 to 80, were randomly given either ALZ-801 pills or a placebo for about 18 months.
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Place remaining ½ cup chocolate chips randomly on teddy bear faces, avoiding mouth area.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Screws and bolts are affixed randomly throughout the design including coils on the lace tips.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Proposition 50’s gerrymandered maps were drawn quickly by politicians with no public input and randomly split those communities apart.
—Neal Fornaciari, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
The multiplier is automatically included and randomly assigned for every play at the time of purchase.
—Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
These options let the computer randomly generate numbers for you.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Poets from across the country apply and are randomly selected to perform at events in New York, or at pop-up showcases in other cities worldwide.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
And, so far, the president has not rescinded his threat to randomly send troops to a California city whose residents, City Hall and Police Department do not want them.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Place remaining ½ cup chocolate chips randomly on teddy bear faces, avoiding mouth area.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Screws and bolts are affixed randomly throughout the design including coils on the lace tips.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Proposition 50’s gerrymandered maps were drawn quickly by politicians with no public input and randomly split those communities apart.
—Neal Fornaciari, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
The multiplier is automatically included and randomly assigned for every play at the time of purchase.
—Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
These options let the computer randomly generate numbers for you.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Poets from across the country apply and are randomly selected to perform at events in New York, or at pop-up showcases in other cities worldwide.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
And, so far, the president has not rescinded his threat to randomly send troops to a California city whose residents, City Hall and Police Department do not want them.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for randomly
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Soon there’s a birthday party, Valentine’s Day, a brit bat (aka a baby-naming ceremony), Purim (a celebration of Jewish deliverance casually referred to as Jewish Halloween), and a game night at a beer garden.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
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Dacus appeared visibly confused by Monáe casually dropping some time-traveling lore.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But anyway, this had been agreed for some time.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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And, anyway, who but élitists would object to a big ballroom that looks like the banquet hall of a third-rate casino?—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The car froze momentarily behind a truck parked illegally, causing other drivers to honk erratically.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Showing Up’s potentially myopic perspective contrasts significantly from Reichardt’s Night Moves, a film about radical white environmental activists whose designs of blowing up a dam backfires, causing their inept leader Josh (Jesse Eisenberg) to erratically cover his tracks.—
Robert Daniels,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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So, is the idea to replicate the British pub experience of people discussing hot topics informally?—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
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It can be learned formally or informally, and often includes bright colors and abstract, whimsical designs.—
Rachel DeSantis,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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While wild game roadkill are usually allowed to be picked up and taken home to eat in many parts of the country, some animals accidentally killed by a motor vehicle first require state notification, a license and other steps.—
Stuart Dyos,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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His pro partner, Daniella Karagach, accidentally broke Efron's nose during training.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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In fact, it's all done rather haphazardly, but with inherent purpose, which is exactly how a true Southern cook runs a kitchen.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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Instead of haphazardly stuffing them into your nightstand drawer, place them in a whimsical Hay tin container.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Today, nearly all migrants that arrive irregularly at the border are barred from seeking protection at the border and most are detained and processed for deportation.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Both moons are irregularly shaped.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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This way of peering at screen culture from an inexact distance, which also comes up in a scolding scene where Ethan scrolls aimlessly through something like TikTok, rankles in a play that is otherwise so precise about physical time and space.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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The primary concern will be Melissa’s slow crawl through the central Caribbean as the storm spins aimlessly south of Hispaniola.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Randomly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/randomly. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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