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randomly

in a random manner

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

  • Volunteers were assigned randomly to the two groups, so no one could steer healthier people toward the treatment they preferred.

    Medicine

  • The dungeon layout is generated randomly each run, so memorizing corridors is useless and every attempt feels genuinely unfamiliar.

    Gaming

  • The playlist shuffles randomly, which is why a lullaby sometimes lands between two drum solos at the loudest possible moment.

    Music

  • The server picks a salt randomly for each password, so two users with the same password get different stored values.

    Technology

  • Participants were paired randomly, which stopped friends from choosing each other and skewing the trust scores.

    Psychology

  • Auditors sample tax returns randomly, so every filer faces the same small chance of a review each year.

    Economics

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