aleatory

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As he develops the project, he is likely to grow more comfortable and grounded in the aleatory digital space he’s created.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2017

The white-on-white markings can be seen as aleatory wall drawings.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2017

Many of the Plastic Ono Band’s early recordings in fact owe substantial debts to Coleman and other free jazz performers, to Karlheinz Stockhausen and Cage, and indeed to Mr. Ichiyanagi’s early aleatory compositions.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2015

As a generation from whom little was expected, we cultivated an aleatory, “slacker” ethos—well depicted in Richard Linklater’s film of the same name.

From Salon • May 25, 2013

That is why primitive men never could carry on the struggle for existence, disregarding the aleatory element and employing a utilitarian method only.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham