aleatory

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The team is now researching perceptions of aleatory uncertainty — unknowns about the future due to randomness, indeterminacy, chance or luck.

From New York Times

The tonal lurching makes “Cardinal” feel whimsical and even a bit aleatory, like a John Cage sonata.

From New York Times

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

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

The production of a piece at an important New York theater was a venture as aleatory almost as cutting a pack of cards, and the odds were always against the dramatist.

From Project Gutenberg