randomize

verb

ran·​dom·​ize ˈran-də-ˌmīz How to pronounce randomize (audio)
randomized; randomizing

transitive verb

: to select, assign, or arrange in a random way
randomization noun
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.
Recent Examples on the Web Results, the paper acknowledges, should be taken as correlations rather than proven cause and effect because the trial was not randomized. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024 The prefix that defines the subdomain is randomized and is never used more than once or twice in such an attack. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 19 July 2023 To determine which treatments work best, Jay and her team reviewed more than 100 studies, randomized control trials (RCTs), and other articles.1 Given the toll obesity takes on the U.S., advanced research on the condition is important. Maggie O'Neill, Health, 22 Dec. 2023 The study followed nearly 26,000 generally healthy adults, randomized to receive either 2,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D or a placebo, for an average of 5.3 years. Christie Aschwanden, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023 In a trial published in 2019 in the New England Journal of Medicine, Pittas and his colleagues randomized more than 2,400 people at risk for diabetes to take either 4,000 IU of vitamin D or a placebo daily. Christie Aschwanden, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023 Previous research has shown people with long Covid have less diverse microbiomes, so the study randomized half of participants with at least one long Covid symptom to take an oral combination of prebiotics and probiotics daily for six months. Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 8 Dec. 2023 Patients were randomized to either receive chemotherapy or Dato-DXd, which AstraZeneca is developing with Daiichi Sankyo. Andrew Joseph, STAT, 23 Oct. 2023 The asthma study enrolled adults from Anthem’s Medicaid and commercial plans who were randomized to either receive devices and the digital app or just devices alone. Mario Aguilar, STAT, 9 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of randomize was in 1926

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“Randomize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/randomize. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

randomize

verb
ran·​dom·​ize ˈran-də-ˌmīz How to pronounce randomize (audio)
randomized; randomizing
: to make random
shuffling randomizes playing cards

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