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Recent Examples of randomness
Across the social and biological sciences, statisticians use a technique that leverages randomness to deal with the unknown.
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Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
Somewhat counterintuitively, noise – also called randomness – facilitates self-organization.
—Chantal Nguyen, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024
The crucial element was, again, randomness — the verifier’s choice of snippets would have to be unpredictable, to ensure that a dishonest prover couldn’t hide inconsistencies anywhere.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
Those issues are an unavoidable part of football — an injury-laden, low-possession game that’s almost built for randomness.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024
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Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
Somewhat counterintuitively, noise – also called randomness – facilitates self-organization.
—Chantal Nguyen, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024
The crucial element was, again, randomness — the verifier’s choice of snippets would have to be unpredictable, to ensure that a dishonest prover couldn’t hide inconsistencies anywhere.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
Those issues are an unavoidable part of football — an injury-laden, low-possession game that’s almost built for randomness.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for randomness
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The company faces significant risks and uncertainties, including the need for additional capital and the outcome of its clinical trials, as detailed in the risk factors section of the report.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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There’s a lot of uncertainty ahead for U.S. elections, said Kathy Boockvar, the former Democratic secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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In a sign of the times, the AI boom is poised to resurrect Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history.Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the accident.Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
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But after a while, realizing that in-person services remained a long way off, the group resumed meeting online, playing recordings of communal singing to which members could add their voices and sharing songs in advance to compensate for the loss of fortuity.Philissa Cramer, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2020
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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
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Rizzi, unlike in the morning, also had some luck on his side, as Atlanta missed three field goals.Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Madelyn Cline has had better luck with a role in the excellent Knives Out: Glass Onion.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Randomness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/randomness. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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