random

In a sentence

Six example sentences with random, each labelled with its topic.

• Loot drops are random, so two players can clear the same dungeon fifty times and never see the same sword.

  Gaming

• Assigning plots at random removed the risk that the sunniest corner of the field ended up in one group.

  Science

• His shot selection looked random in the first quarter, with three heaves from the logo and no offensive plan.

  Basketball

• Asked to write a random string of digits, most people avoid repeats and produce a pattern any statistician could spot.

  Psychology

• With the playlist set to random, a lullaby followed a thrash anthem and nobody at the party noticed the jump.

  Music

• If daily price moves are truly random, no chart pattern from last week can tell you anything about tomorrow.

  Finance

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains random. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

More Academic words

• amendment
• involve
• similarly
• assumed
• ranging
• approaching
• vision
• sustained
• depression
• definite
• financial
• licensed