on-again, off-again
adjective
: existing briefly and in an intermittent unpredictable way
on-again, off-again fads
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According to the complaint, Rivera had repeatedly expressed concerns to supervisors about Baker’s behavior and ended a two-year on-again, off-again romantic relationship with him shortly before the shooting.
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Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
In the docuseries, several people discuss Combs' complicated relationship with women and his on-again, off-again relationship with Kim Porter.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
There, in Marco Polo’s hometown, the titular travelers alight for two chapters, enduring one of several crises in their passionate, complicated, on-again, off-again relationship.
—New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Darkside, Nothing Darkside — an on-again, off-again collaboration between singer-songwriter and electronic producer Nicolás Jaar and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington — expanded into a trio in the 2020s.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
This on-again, off-again behavior could be a missing link in Earth's early evolution, the researchers said.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 30 Nov. 2025
Over the weekend, a bipartisan group of senators reached an agreement to end the shutdown after holding a series of on-again, off-again talks over the last several weeks.
—Sam Gringlas, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
White discussed his on-again, off-again Palms ban with the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 2012.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
When others in the group meddle, Kim wonders if her on-again, off-again romance will affect her performance at SUR.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
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Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
In the docuseries, several people discuss Combs' complicated relationship with women and his on-again, off-again relationship with Kim Porter.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
There, in Marco Polo’s hometown, the titular travelers alight for two chapters, enduring one of several crises in their passionate, complicated, on-again, off-again relationship.
—New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Darkside, Nothing Darkside — an on-again, off-again collaboration between singer-songwriter and electronic producer Nicolás Jaar and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington — expanded into a trio in the 2020s.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
This on-again, off-again behavior could be a missing link in Earth's early evolution, the researchers said.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 30 Nov. 2025
Over the weekend, a bipartisan group of senators reached an agreement to end the shutdown after holding a series of on-again, off-again talks over the last several weeks.
—Sam Gringlas, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
White discussed his on-again, off-again Palms ban with the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 2012.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
When others in the group meddle, Kim wonders if her on-again, off-again romance will affect her performance at SUR.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
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