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
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Found in these word lists
Found in 8 published word lists
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)Authoritative
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- Academic Keyword List (Paquot 2010)Authoritative
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
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.