randomize
verb
ran·dom·ize
ˈran-də-ˌmīz 
randomized; randomizing
: to select, assign, or arrange in a random way
randomizer
noun
Examples of randomize in a Sentence
The numbers have been randomized.
A randomized study of patients treated with the drug showed it to be effective.
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The system explores more of the solution space by a combination of randomizing the weight given to the memory of past solutions and by handing any seemingly non-optimal solutions on to new instances for additional evaluation.
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ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
The research was the first to randomize people into an exercise program who may not have otherwise exercised after cancer treatment.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 1 June 2025
The traditional approach requires pharmaceutical companies to conduct extensive clinical trials involving hundreds or thousands of patients, randomized to either receive the investigational treatment or a placebo.
—Greg Licholai Md, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The starting positions for back row pieces are randomized while the pawns remain the same, allowing for a spontaneity that chess veterans sometimes find lacking in the classic variation.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 21 May 2025
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ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
The research was the first to randomize people into an exercise program who may not have otherwise exercised after cancer treatment.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 1 June 2025
The traditional approach requires pharmaceutical companies to conduct extensive clinical trials involving hundreds or thousands of patients, randomized to either receive the investigational treatment or a placebo.
—Greg Licholai Md, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The starting positions for back row pieces are randomized while the pawns remain the same, allowing for a spontaneity that chess veterans sometimes find lacking in the classic variation.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for randomize
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“Randomize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/randomize. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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randomize
verb
ran·dom·ize
ˈran-də-ˌmīz
randomized; randomizing
: to make random
shuffling randomizes playing cards
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