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Princeton's WordNet

  1. randomly, indiscriminately, haphazardly, willy-nilly, arbitrarily, at random, every which wayadverb

    in a random manner

    "the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random"

Wiktionary

  1. at randomadverb

    in a random manner

  2. at randomadverb

    haphazardly

ChatGPT

  1. at random

    At random refers to the process or selection made without a specific method, pattern, or purpose, often governed by chance. It is an action or decision made without a conscious choice, preference, or any form of system or order.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of at random in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of at random in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of at random in a Sentence

  1. Vi Hart:

    The version we're recommending is where your phone basically yells nonsense, it's gibberish, everyone's phone is just yelling random nonsense, and your phone collects the nonsense it hears.

  2. One Abuja-based diplomat:

    It's an incoherent mix of people, helicopters and random kit from all sorts of different sources, but there is an element of internal cohesion from the Nigerian army, it appears to be a desperate ploy to get some sort of tactical success up there in six weeks for the electoral boost.

  3. Alpha Project CEO Bob McElroy:

    We’re not going to pick up eight or 10 random homeless people and give them money that is going to be spent on drugs and alcohol, but it’s a perfect fit for the shelter.

  4. Kelly Armstrong:

    Procedural mistakes should splatter like paint. It’s messy but the results should be random. In my four years here every mistake DOJ has made has benefited one side and harmed the other. That’s a hell of a coincidence.

  5. Anonymous:

    Practice random beauty and senseless acts of love.


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