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For many years, biology textbooks have described protein movement inside cells as a largely random process called diffusion.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
"It's kind of random, but it's kind of crazy," said her friend Sinead.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
But often, they’re sources like Tripadvisor, Amazon reviews, or even random posts on niche subreddits.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026
He and his team selected 50 stocks at random from the 500 largest companies by market capitalization each month since 1999, assigning them equal starting weights.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Washington was the core of gravity that prevented the American Revolution from flying off into random orbits, the stable center around which the revolutionary energies formed.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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