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Recent Examples of randomness
Co-written by Bentley with Greg Kwedar (the primary creative team behind ‘Sing Sing’), ‘Train Dreams’ thrives on its philosophical inquiries into the earthly randomness of events that make up a life.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
Differential privacy introduces controlled noise or randomness to datasets, obscuring individual details while maintaining collective patterns.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
When their calls were compared against everything from squirrel monkey chatter to melodies by the Beatles, their songs showed a balance of randomness and order that suggests style, not just repertoire, matters for communication.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
But being open to randomness isn’t the same thing as not working hard, which becomes clear as the next idea comes into focus.
—Elizabeth MacBride, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
Differential privacy introduces controlled noise or randomness to datasets, obscuring individual details while maintaining collective patterns.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
When their calls were compared against everything from squirrel monkey chatter to melodies by the Beatles, their songs showed a balance of randomness and order that suggests style, not just repertoire, matters for communication.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
But being open to randomness isn’t the same thing as not working hard, which becomes clear as the next idea comes into focus.
—Elizabeth MacBride, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for randomness
Noun
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The economy of Jacksonville, a city that relies on the spending of service members and civilian employees from Little Rock Air Force Base, has taken a hit as the government shutdown creates uncertainty for many in the community.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Oct. 2025
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This marks the first time quantum uncertainty and entanglement—famously non-intuitive ideas—have been expressed through direct auditory interaction.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Unfortunate accidents or something more sinister?—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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The couple also performed as part of Garcia’s side project, the Jerry Garcia Band, from 1976-1978 and formed their own side project, The Ghosts (later the Heart of Gold Band); Keith Godchaux, 32, died from injuries in a car accident in July 1980 shortly after the couple’s first concert together.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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
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But after a while, realizing that in-person services remained a long way off, the group resumed meeting online, playing recordings of communal singing to which members could add their voices and sharing songs in advance to compensate for the loss of fortuity.—
Philissa Cramer,
sun-sentinel.com,
16 Sep. 2020
Noun
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With no Honeywell to knock the cobwebs off, what’s Betts best bet for improving his luck at the plate?—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Riley doesn't have the best of luck with costumes in this episode.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Randomness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/randomness. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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