RANDOMNESS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

randomness

noun

Definition of randomness

as in uncertainty

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Recent Examples of randomness To see how this spread creates randomness throughout the world, consider an ordinary coin-flip experiment again. — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 The sidewalk offers randomness, but the bar has curated the sample. — Amanda Lee Koe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 The use of randomness in these oracular techniques creates an enigmatic black box effect – no one can explain just how the chance element embedded in these techniques connects with the answer that emerges. — Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026 For that, their game — analyzing randomness and violence and doing so without offending our intelligence — has become as important to the American audience as The Game. — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for randomness

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Noun

The song’s origins offer a glimpse into the uncertainty surrounding Nicks and Buckingham before their personal lives became intertwined with Fleetwood Mac’s rise to superstardom.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026
The era of agentic AI has arrived, but there is uncertainty about what the landscape will look like when virtual storefronts become flooded with AI agents or when a business tries to block them.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of uncertainty

Noun

Five, including Amazon, Kohl's and Neiman Marcus, explicitly restrict them, while 37 block shopping agents largely by accident, through older bot rules written for scrapers.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
The goal of Daimler’s systems is not necessarily to bring the truck to a full stop from any speed, though that can be a best-case scenario in many of these potential accidents.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 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

The prince didn’t have any luck in blocking Kelce, which comes as little surprise given the Chiefs star knows how to avoid defensive players.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
Halloween fireballs Our last pick is going to take a great deal of patience, and a good amount of luck!

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of luck

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