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[ran-duhm] / ˈræn dəm /


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This installation stages basins filled with floating ceramic bowls, which drift and collide in an improvised soundscape that takes its title from the term for the random movement of atoms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

But “Renoir” subtly suggests the impressionable girl is more aware than she lets on, surrounding her with random reminders of death.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Or, to put it another way, out of a random group of 1,000 Americans, the richest single person owns about six times as much as the poorest 500 put together.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Your traffic is then bounced through several random Tor nodes in various countries until the last node in the chain decrypts and sends it to its final destination.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

“Like I’m going to tell some random guy which building I live in,” she said.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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