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random numbers

British

plural noun

a sequence of numbers that do not form any progression, used to facilitate unbiased sampling of a population. A random-number generator is part of the software of most computers and many calculators

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All we know is that the team sorts random numbers into boxes on their computers based on how the groups of numbers “feel.”

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2025

The innies of the macrodata refinement department spend their shifts in front of computer screens, sorting random numbers into digital bins.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

"One of those random numbers connected him with me," Ms Bi says.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2023

In monthly meetings, which are live-streamed and open to the public, they are identified only by their initials or random numbers.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2023

The 1971 lottery used computer-generated tables of random numbers.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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