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randomness

[ran-duhm-nis] / ˈræn dəm nɪs /


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It’s the branch of mathematics that analyzes randomness, uncertainty and the likelihood of certain outcomes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Singapore is managed in a way that "excludes accident and randomness", he wrote in Singapore Songlines, his seminal essay on the city's rapid makeover.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

To see how robust this unusual state really was, the researchers altered the experiment by adding randomness to the driving sequence.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

“Situations like this are very jarring for a community because it promotes a sense of randomness and threatens safety,” Butts said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

When we have learned how these are rearranged against randomness, to make, say, springtails, quantum mechanics, and the late quartets, we may have a clearer notion how to proceed.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas