at random
Example Sentences
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He pulled a book off a nonfiction shelf at random—it was something about tax codes.
From Literature
“I didn’t vote for masked men picking people up at random,” Guerra said before mentioning the migra encounter with the gardeners in January.
From Los Angeles Times
Because these changes can happen at random, even a single error can disrupt a calculation.
From Science Daily
The revised name reflected their mission to publish new titles “at random” to complement the backlist.
There are a lot of names, so I pick one at random.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
