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
These options let the computer randomly generate numbers for you.
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
The multiplier is automatically included and randomly assigned for every play at the time of purchase.
—Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025
When the south end natives randomly reconnected about five years ago at the radio station where Steiger worked, Tingle, who has been married twice and lived more than half a century as a straight man, was just coming to terms with being gay.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
People charged with a crime in Indiana are randomly assigned to judges depending on the severity of the charge, and the initial judge's courtroom doesn't handle major felonies.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile her cat is in a different location, unbothered by the strangers who randomly took his couch.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Kenan Thompson is also randomly there as a restaurant patron who wants free semen.
—Rima Parikh, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2025
Around the table, there were up to eight randomly placed Franka Panda robotic arms, each with 7 degrees of freedom, that were supposed to complete up to 40 tasks on a workpiece.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
In older games, that meant randomly cutting to a combat screen when bumping into an invisible creature, but newer ones like 2022’s Scarlet and Violet let users see Pokémon out in the wild.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
The multiplier is automatically included and randomly assigned for every play at the time of purchase.
—Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025
When the south end natives randomly reconnected about five years ago at the radio station where Steiger worked, Tingle, who has been married twice and lived more than half a century as a straight man, was just coming to terms with being gay.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
People charged with a crime in Indiana are randomly assigned to judges depending on the severity of the charge, and the initial judge's courtroom doesn't handle major felonies.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile her cat is in a different location, unbothered by the strangers who randomly took his couch.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Kenan Thompson is also randomly there as a restaurant patron who wants free semen.
—Rima Parikh, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2025
Around the table, there were up to eight randomly placed Franka Panda robotic arms, each with 7 degrees of freedom, that were supposed to complete up to 40 tasks on a workpiece.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
In older games, that meant randomly cutting to a combat screen when bumping into an invisible creature, but newer ones like 2022’s Scarlet and Violet let users see Pokémon out in the wild.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for randomly
Adverb
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That’s because research suggests more men casually follow sports than women, experts say.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Her navy cashmere jacket — from a few seasons ago — is casually draped over the back of the sofa.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Not only have none retired from international football particularly early, but the ones who did give it up — Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Toni Kroos — reversed their decision and came back to it anyway.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Smith picked up a Best Actor nomination anyway.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Neely had schizophrenia, was behaving erratically, high on drugs and threatening riders.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Health departments, clinics, pharmacies and even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are all scrambling to adapt to erratically changing directives.—
Pia Pannaraj,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The Affordable Care Act, known as ACA or informally as Obamacare, is a comprehensive health care reform law signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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So Trump has sort of informally put together a coalition.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The race was shaken recently by news that a branch of the National Archives accidentally leaked too much information regarding Sherrill’s military records, a development that came amid questions around her role in a 1994 cheating scandal at the Naval Academy.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
8 Oct. 2025
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The 10-parter is produced by Media Res and based on the short story written by Manuel Gonzalez about a man who accidentally shrinks his wife.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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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
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Lots of fly-by-night import shops sprang up, happy to rubber-stamp any Mercedes with a catalytic converter haphazardly welded under the floorboards.—
Raphael Orlove,
Robb Report,
23 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
Adverb
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Others from the church wandered almost aimlessly, looking for family members.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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But Brentford did not just aimlessly hammer balls forward.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Randomly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/randomly. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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