RANDOMNESS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

randomness

noun

Definition of randomness

as in uncertainty

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Recent Examples of randomness Progress has been frustratingly slow, but now a potential breakthrough result is pointing the way toward more rapid advances—and a clearer view of the still-hazy transition between randomness and structure. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 15 July 2026 What begins as a portrait of longevity becomes a meditation on the passage of time, the randomness of fate, and the joy and profound human experience of being alive. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 July 2026 Beyond the randomness of the draw, the main reason is simply that England and Argentina have not often both been good enough at the same time to mount deep runs and increase their chances of meeting. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 July 2026 The problem is intensified because people are uncomfortable with randomness. — Alex Smolak, STAT, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for randomness

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Noun

As housing costs rise, residency policies change, remote work matures, and global uncertainty reshapes long-term planning, prospective expats are looking beyond yesterday's relocation favorites.

— Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Some state officials criticized the move as adding unneeded instability and uncertainty to running elections.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 21 July 2026

Definition of uncertainty

Noun

Mitchell Michalak, an epidemiologist with the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, said ER visits here for injuries related to e-bike and e-scooter accidents jumped 273% from 2022 to 2025.

— Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026
Another American frontier model refused to help defend it, on principle, not by accident.

— Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of accident

Noun

Uncovering a Speedster with a little over 13,000 miles on the odometer in an estate sale is automotive fortuity.

— Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 13 Sep. 2021
Billy was born in 1910 in a Lower East Side tenement and raised as a teenager in Bayside, Queens, in what seemed like an age of infinite fortuity.

— SAM ROBERTS, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018

Definition of fortuity

Noun

Prosecutors have also had luck securing convictions by working with the Department of Justice to file federal charges for distributing fentanyl that later results in death.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Aslanoglou, who was born and trained in Greece, is hoping for better luck.

— Connie Ogle July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Definition of luck

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