as often as not

idiom

: very often
She arrived home from work late, as often as not.

Examples of as often as not in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For Nunez, memory is a less capacious mental mechanism than the imagination, one that, as often as not, Nunez has used to describe the private lives animals share with their people. Wyatt Mason, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2023 When the United States pushes on one door, as often as not another door opens. Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2020 What greets us here, as often as not, is a parody of a poet. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020 And the egotistical truth is, as often as not, my words mean more to me than the utterings of a player or coach. Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 2 June 2021 See all Example Sentences for as often as not 

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“As often as not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20often%20as%20not. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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