RANDOMNESS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

randomness

noun

Definition of randomness

as in uncertainty

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Recent Examples of randomness The problem is intensified because people are uncomfortable with randomness. — Alex Smolak, STAT, 27 June 2026 Rain works through a different mechanism — the randomness of raindrops creates a pink noise pattern the brain processes more easily than white noise, associated with better sleep and reduced anxiety. — Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026 But those odds have subsequently been redistributed, introducing more randomness than ever before (especially with 16 teams in the mix, instead of 14). — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 2 June 2026 Validated quality Modern cybersecurity lives or dies by true randomness. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for randomness

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Noun

Adding to the uncertainty, Congress allowed Affordable Care Act subsidies to expire last year, which caused insurance premiums to spike for millions more people.

— Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
This work of checking in on team members or translating ambiguity, especially during periods of uncertainty, has been dubbed the empathy or care tax.

— Holly Corbett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of uncertainty

Noun

Derived from a Central African shrub, the drug's ability to reduce withdrawal symptoms and cravings were uncovered by accident, when Howard Lotsof, a 19-year old addicted to heroin, tried ibogaine out of curiosity in 1962.

— Gavin Escott, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Since 2023, state regulators have issued 6,928 citations, including 140 for abuse and neglect by staff, 254 for accident hazards, and 257 for failing to control infections, according to state records.

— Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 5 July 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

Definition of fortuity

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The group of death in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers wasn’t enough, because in Egypt’s next attempt to reach the finals in 2006, their luck put them in a group with Didier Drogba’s Ivory Coast and Samuel Eto’o’s Cameroon.

— Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 July 2026
In retrospect, the result looks less like luck than like a compounding advantage.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026

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