randomness
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Explanation
Randomness is the quality of having no apparent order. If you want a really good password that no one can hack, you want a lot of randomness in it — no numbers or words that clearly pertain to your life. The word random comes from an old French word for running (from the time before perfect oval running tracks). So randomness is like the quality of running all over the place. If you want to conduct a survey of vegetable shoppers, you’ll want to insure a degree of randomness by interviewing shoppers at all different markets, not just the fancy health food store.
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Example Sentences
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Scientists call this tendency to find meaningful patterns in randomness "apophenia."
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
It’s the branch of mathematics that analyzes randomness, uncertainty and the likelihood of certain outcomes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
The System is inspired by randomness within nature and the somatic elements of breakdancing, which Jonas grew up doing in Venice Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
“There is a sort of randomness both from a political perspective and then in terms of market reactions to all of this,” said Michael Rosen, chief investment officer at Angeles Investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
I thought about this more often now that I was an adult, especially when people applauded me for my achievements, as if there weren’t a strange and cruel randomness to it all.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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