at random
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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
In these "RCTs," participants are assigned at random to different groups.
From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026
An aide flashed the overhead lights on and off at random.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
I'm reminded of the rise of social media challenger BeReal, a French app that gained popularity during the pandemic, which encourages users to show their authentic selves via non-filtered selfies at random times.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
One way to fashion an outline is to jot your ideas on a page or on index cards more or less at random and then look for ones that seem to belong together.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
