more often than not
idiom
: happening more than half the time
He wins more often than not.
More often than not, I stay home instead of going out.
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In its ongoing fight for survival, the indie film community has learned to use every tool at its disposal to get its movies made — and more often than not, that has meant shooting abroad for rebates and leveraging foreign grants through co-production arrangements.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
Every jab step, every pivot, every brush screen: Thompson was there, guessing right more often than not.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
And more often than not, managers end up destroying meaning at work, instead of creating it.
—Rachel Pacheco, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Its dominant influence ranged from trade, through defense, to economic development and, more often than not, to the promotion of democracy and human rights.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
Every jab step, every pivot, every brush screen: Thompson was there, guessing right more often than not.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
And more often than not, managers end up destroying meaning at work, instead of creating it.
—Rachel Pacheco, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Its dominant influence ranged from trade, through defense, to economic development and, more often than not, to the promotion of democracy and human rights.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
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“More often than not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20often%20than%20not. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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