aleatory
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The tonal lurching makes “Cardinal” feel whimsical and even a bit aleatory, like a John Cage sonata.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2018
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
The special conditions requisite for the validity of an insurance contract are founded upon its aleatory nature.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Charles Jerome Callan
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