(a.) Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.
(a.) Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses.
(n.) One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
Example Sentences:
(1) The difference in BP between a hospital casual reading and the mean 24 hour ambulatory reading was reduced only by atenolol.
(2) We performed a stepwise discriminant analysis first with only casual and end exercise systolic and diastolic BP, then after introducing age, overweight (Lorentz's formula), duration of hypertension, Sokoloff index and cholesterolemia.
(3) Best correlations with casual BP are moderate (SBP: r = 0.674, DBP: r = 0.588).
(4) With significant correlation, the experimental data show the statistics of the system not to be casual and Gaussian, but chaotic and persistent, with Hurst exponent <H> approximately 0.77 and fractal dimension <D> 1.23.
(5) Specifically, 31% of adolescents did not correctly identify "not having sex" as the most effective way of preventing AIDS, and 33% believed that AIDS could be spread through casual contact.
(6) Of course, everyone who is not drawn in by the spectacle of a 69-year-old man with hair that clearly telegraphs its owner’s level of self-delusion and casual relationship to the truth is horrified at Trump’s ascendency in the Republican party primary.
(7) According to the growth hormone hypothesis, elevated serum growth hormone is one casual factor in the development of diabetic angiopathy.
(8) These data indicate that the probability of transmission from infected animals to humans is extremely low and also provide supportive evidence for lack of transmission of HIV by casual contact.
(9) Even in zoos voted the best in Europe, the Captive Animals’ Protection Society has pointed out, there can be enough evidence of animals behaving abnormally, or a casual approach to culling any surplus, to avoid them or, ideally, close them down.
(10) Perhaps Silver and company would have been a bit more methodical if this embarrassing story had sprung up during the offseason or in early fall, when casual fans are wrapped up in football.
(11) By means of the presentation of several cases of Stylohyoid Complex partially or totally ossified, the authors emphasize in the necessity to have in mind this diagnosis in every patient with craniofacial pains, although it is in sometimes a casual radiological finding in a asymptomatic patient.
(12) Correlations between casual BP and diurnal records are stronger in controls than in BL patients showing a lower predictive value of clinical assessment in BL patients.
(13) However if a public inquiry deems it is still necessary, I believe that the use of casual sex by undercover police may be warranted in very exceptional circumstances.
(14) Clinical parameters were age, body weight, sodium excretion (as an estimate for dietary salt intake), systolic and diastolic blood pressure at work, casual blood pressure, resting and stress blood pressure during mental stress test and physical exercise.
(15) For many decades, the casual blood pressure (BP) has been the standard for assessing BP response to antihypertensive agents in clinical trials.
(16) Oh, I felt terrible, said the barista, but I came into work – displaying the same casual attitude to the illness that has seen thousands struggle into work, or keep up social rounds, despite still being infectious.
(17) Twenty-seven adolescents with casual BP about the 50th percentile, 17 males and 10 females, matched for age, were studied as controls.
(18) A casual relationship between the two diseases could not be proven, since specific antimyeline antibodies could not be found.
(19) Subsequent work with beta-adrenergic blockade suggested that elevated casual HRs in monkeys are associated with sympathetic arousal.
(20) About 100 people put in résumés for a casual – and low-paid – job at the Salvation Army homeless shelter.
Football
Definition:
(n.) An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather.
(n.) The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is 30 years since Paul Canoville became the first black footballer to play for Chelsea.
(2) I wish to clarify that for the period 1998 to 2002 I was employed by Fifa to work on a wide range of matters relating to football,” Platini wrote.
(3) Cas reduced it further to four, but the decision effectively ends Platini’s career as a football administrator because – as he pointedly noted – it rules him out of standing for the Fifa presidency in 2019.
(4) DATA Modern football data analysis has its origins in a video-based system that used computer vision algorithms to automatically track players.
(5) He continued: "I don't think there could be a better move for me: to retire from one of the world's best football clubs at the end of the season and then join one of the world's best broadcasters.
(6) Perhaps there were some other generations in Portuguese football with more talent, but they didn’t win.
(7) Alan Pardew faces punishment from the Football Association for his head-butt on Hull City's David Meyler.
(8) Beckham's decision marks the culmination of a strategy aimed at preserving his brand long after the footballer has faded.
(9) At the moment they’re playing some of the best football I’ve seen from any Tottenham team for many, many years.
(10) The number of seats has been reduced from 72,000 to 68,000, with another 12,000 to be added after the Games to meet the 80,000 minimum required in case Japan launches a bid to host the football World Cup.
(11) He said: "I don't want to talk any more about politics for one reason because I'm not in the House[es] of Parliament, I'm not a political person, I will talk about only football."
(12) I would like to see much more of that money go down to the grassroots.” The Premier League argues that its focus must remain on investing in the best players and facilities and claims it invests more in so-called “good causes” than any other football league.
(13) The 79-year-old also described the Liverpool striker’s four-month suspension from all football , plus nine international matches and a £65,000 fine, as a “fascist ban”.
(14) Keepy-uppys should be a simple skill for a professional footballer, so when Tom Ince clocked himself in the face with the ball while preparing to take a corner early in the second half, even he couldn't help but laugh.
(15) Massive pay packets are being used to lure foreign coaches and players from footballing nations such as Brazil in order to beautify the still dismal Chinese game.
(16) The footballer said the noise of the engine was too loud to hear if Cameron snored but his night "wasn't the best".
(17) Now serves as director of football and director of the academy at Crewe.
(18) Absolute has raised its profile with big-name signings such as Frank Skinner and bought live Premier League football rights for the first time for this season .
(19) Corruption scandals have left few among the Spanish ruling class untainted, engulfing politicians on the left and right of the spectrum, as well as businesses, unions, football clubs and even the king’s sister .
(20) There could be no faulting the atmosphere or the football drama.