at intervals
idiom
1
: with an amount of space in between
There are signs at regular intervals along the outside wall.
The chairs were placed at intervals of two feet.
2
: with an amount of time in between
It recurs at (regular) intervals of every six months.
Examples of at intervals in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The supports for the house are ancient tree trunks that stand at intervals throughout, like a strange branchless forest.
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Clare Beams, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
Along the route, repeaters are installed at intervals to amplify the optical signal and ensure data can travel long distances without degradation.
—Robin Chataut, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2024
Its mode of confrontation, however, would perfectly suit a gallery exhibit where people pass through at intervals and decide how much patience to grant the work.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2024
Another invisible presence, Death, in all its awful glory, inhabits each of their bodies at intervals, making disclosures and promising, as the tense night rolls forward, to claim a tribute.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
Mike DeWine has been good to his word, sending the Ohio Highway Patrol back into Cleveland at intervals to stem the crime wave.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
Mike DeWine has been good to his word, sending the Ohio Highway Patrol back into Cleveland at intervals to stem the crime wave born of easy car thefts and access to guns.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
Audiences also appear enchanted by a clownish-looking oversize mallet and wedge Hightower uses at intervals.
—Lauren Larson, Men's Health, 25 July 2023
Believed to be coming from around 15,000 light years away from Earth, the signal has been occurring at intervals and for a period of time previously thought to be impossible.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
Clare Beams, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
Along the route, repeaters are installed at intervals to amplify the optical signal and ensure data can travel long distances without degradation.
—Robin Chataut, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2024
Its mode of confrontation, however, would perfectly suit a gallery exhibit where people pass through at intervals and decide how much patience to grant the work.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2024
Another invisible presence, Death, in all its awful glory, inhabits each of their bodies at intervals, making disclosures and promising, as the tense night rolls forward, to claim a tribute.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
Mike DeWine has been good to his word, sending the Ohio Highway Patrol back into Cleveland at intervals to stem the crime wave.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
Mike DeWine has been good to his word, sending the Ohio Highway Patrol back into Cleveland at intervals to stem the crime wave born of easy car thefts and access to guns.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
Audiences also appear enchanted by a clownish-looking oversize mallet and wedge Hightower uses at intervals.
—Lauren Larson, Men's Health, 25 July 2023
Believed to be coming from around 15,000 light years away from Earth, the signal has been occurring at intervals and for a period of time previously thought to be impossible.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
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“At intervals.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20intervals. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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