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random

[ran-duhm] / ˈræn dəm /


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After a random draw, the participating countries competed in two semi‑finals held earlier this week.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Apparently at random, Evans broke into a Jeep Wagoneer rented by a choreographer and dancer for Beyoncé on 8 July 2025, as the singer's Cowboy Carter tour was coming to Atlanta.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Once again, the details were supplied by random commenters, who were beginning to work themselves into a fever pitch: Were these clues?

From Salon • May 12, 2026

They also secured a list that Bankman-Fried wrote to himself, which began: “These are all random probably bad ideas that aren’t vetted; CONFIDENTIAL.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 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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