RANDOMNESS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

randomness

noun

Definition of randomness

as in uncertainty

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Recent Examples of randomness The randomness and unpredictability of existence, the mindless violence of it, necessitated myth. — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 For me, the closest cinema has come capturing that randomness and unfairness is Jane Campion’s beautiful and meditative Bright Star, which tells the love story of Romantic poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne and of Keats’ death at 25 of tuberculosis. — Sarah Chihaya, Vulture, 16 July 2026 Thermodynamic computing would make use of thermodynamic processes, which distribute and dissipate energy and inevitably increase randomness at the microscopic scale. — Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026 What begins as a portrait of longevity becomes a meditation on the passage of time, the randomness of fate, and the joy and profound human experience of being alive. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for randomness

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Noun

In addition to hurting consumers, Bird asserts that the uncertainty, along with Paramount’s $7 million ticking fee, will pull down an industry that’s just starting to get back on its feet.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Businesses and consumers are caught in the middle, facing uncertainty about how much prices may increase.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of uncertainty

Noun

Near-death experiences are frequently triggered by a life-threatening event, such as cardiac arrest, traumatic brain injury or a car accident.

— Michael Collins, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
The Unicorn Gundam wasn’t chosen by accident either; like the Nu Gundam, the Unicorn Gundam is one of the most popular designs in terms of model kit and toy sales.

— Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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Uncovering a Speedster with a little over 13,000 miles on the odometer in an estate sale is automotive fortuity.

— Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 13 Sep. 2021
Billy was born in 1910 in a Lower East Side tenement and raised as a teenager in Bayside, Queens, in what seemed like an age of infinite fortuity.

— SAM ROBERTS, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018

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