as in casually
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
the winner will be randomly chosen from among all of the entries
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Recent Examples of randomly
When a mysterious and legendary skeleton, badly injured, randomly resurfaced in 2018, an interdisciplinary team of researchers went to work to find out who the person was.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
The adults were randomly separated into two groups.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Before the case can proceed as a class action, a judge who is randomly assigned to the case must decide whether to grant it that status.
—Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
The multiplier is automatically included and randomly assigned for every play at the time of purchase.
—Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The pattern was applied randomly, which turned out to be incredibly time-consuming.
—Elizabeth Kiefer, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2025
The winner will be randomly drawn from all valid entries received and shall be notified by Future by a social media post within 28 days of the closing date, and will be required to supply details of a US delivery address.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Place remaining ½ cup chocolate chips randomly on teddy bear faces, avoiding mouth area.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Screws and bolts are affixed randomly throughout the design including coils on the lace tips.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for randomly
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These pull-on style pants can easily be dressed down with a T-shirt to wear casually, or with a nice blouse or dress shirt and be boardroom-ready.—
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Dress casually for fun exercise and meet new, friendly people.—
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This is the second sequel to a perfect film that doesn’t need it this year, but again, millennials will be watching anyway.—
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Prosecutors contend police were justified in searching the backpack to make sure there were no dangerous items and that the gun, notebook and other evidence would have eventually been found anyway.—
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The footage shows the fish start to swim faster and more erratically when a large whale suddenly breaks through the school of fish with its gaping maw.—
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The driver was spotted going erratically on Bridge Street and then running a red light on Pearl Street before careening into the brick wall of the school, the official said.—
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That means giving back, informally, to fulfill teachers’ wish lists and with the Eagles Autism Foundation.—
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So, is the idea to replicate the British pub experience of people discussing hot topics informally?—
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Teachers sent me home assuming that I was hit by a piece of stone accidentally from students playing nearby.—
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For example, in 1928, Scottish microbiologist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin after examining the mold that had accidentally grown in one of his petri dishes.—
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But it shouldn't be invested in haphazardly, either.—
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Piles of unopened mail, receipts, and miscellaneous—yet important—items like your house or car keys should not be left strewn across countertops, especially haphazardly.—
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Other areas will use cluster planting, with trees grouped irregularly and open space between them, mimicking the look of a healthy forest.—
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This is a condition where the heart’s upper chamber beats irregularly and fast.—
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This way of peering at screen culture from an inexact distance, which also comes up in a scolding scene where Ethan scrolls aimlessly through something like TikTok, rankles in a play that is otherwise so precise about physical time and space.—
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The primary concern will be Melissa’s slow crawl through the central Caribbean as the storm spins aimlessly south of Hispaniola.—
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“Randomly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/randomly. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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