at random

Meaning

1. Oxford67% of films

   without deciding in advance what is going to happen, or without any regular pattern

   ...on a true-or-false quiz at random...

   But they went extinct with the contamination

In the movies · 3

• ...on a true-or-false quiz at random...Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018
• But they went extinct with the contaminationThe Island2005
• That your wife and little girl came in at random for treatment?Fractured2019
• Was... Is, to this day, a very important editor at Random House.The Holiday2006
• It can't be random.Arrival2016
• Oh, it's not random.Get Out2017
• It's on random.Shaun of the Dead2004
• at random, and just ring. Is that the plan, is it, Mark?Pride2014

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