1
as in sporadic
lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence
the weekend forecast is for occasional showers
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2
as in odd
not often occurring or repeated
an occasional mechanical problem with our car, but nothing serious
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Recent Examples of occasional
The grounds run wild with deer, fox, hawks, hummingbirds, and the occasional brown bear.
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Angela Tafoya,
Vogue,
29 June 2026
This is the kind of stuff CharlotteFive drops every single day — new openings, hot lists, food adventures and the occasional sugar-coma confession.
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Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
29 June 2026
Fortunately, the underlying hardware platform feels substantially more mature than the occasional software quirks suggest.
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Michael Lydick,
PC Magazine,
29 June 2026
The column continues on an occasional basis.
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Otis Moss Iii,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
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Angela Tafoya,
Vogue,
29 June 2026
This is the kind of stuff CharlotteFive drops every single day — new openings, hot lists, food adventures and the occasional sugar-coma confession.
—
Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
29 June 2026
Fortunately, the underlying hardware platform feels substantially more mature than the occasional software quirks suggest.
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Michael Lydick,
PC Magazine,
29 June 2026
The column continues on an occasional basis.
—
Otis Moss Iii,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
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Utility Iren was doubling workers' shifts and adding generators to address sporadic power cuts in Turin as the electricity grid came under strain, a spokesperson said.
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While attractive due to its proximity to strong local and regional gas markets, exploration for this gas has been sporadic in the basin since the mid-1980s, with experts noting pilot projects were uneconomic, temporarily abandoned or failed.
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Food also figured into other odd roadway incidents.
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Maternal Instinct lays out how Parker moved from a web of odd, though ultimately harmless lies about the fake pregnancy to killing her pregnant friend (Simmons-Hancock), and abducting her unborn fetus to present to her then-boyfriend, Wade Griffin, as their own.
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Expanding its use displaces coal in Asia and supports the integration of intermittent renewables by providing flexible backup.
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Research has shown, for example, that intermittent fasting may be as effective as low-calorie diets for weight loss.
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Ireland Ireland offers a rare cross-generational appeal, where estate activities and rugged landscapes make for an ideal family itinerary.
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Thieves stole $25,000 worth of rare Pokémon cards after breaking into an Eagan, Minnesota, claw machine arcade last weekend, employees said.
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From a fatal weekend crash on the I-184 Connector to a sudden summer cooldown, here’s a roundup of top stories the Idaho Statesman has published this week.
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The blockbuster rulings that dominate the news cycle each June are not sudden flashes of judicial willpower.
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Keep a distance from tall, isolated trees or other elevated objects.
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This is no longer an isolated contamination event but a broader patterns that is reflecting back human chemical usage in ways that were not anticipated when modern wastewater systems were designed.
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What Trump is doing is unusual.
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Heat domes are not unusual, but the temperatures in this one have been.
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That Cena and André are so good together is all the more striking in a movie that affords them such infrequent overlap.
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Is the use case too simple or infrequent to justify the overhead?
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“Occasional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occasional. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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