at regular intervals
idiom
1
: at times that are equally separated : with the same amount of time between occurrences
The buses run from 4 a.m. to midnight at regular intervals.
2
: with an equal amount of space between each
The boards are placed at regular intervals.
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Manhole covers in the streets were set into the pavement at regular intervals.
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Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Using twine or soft plant ties, attach the rose canes to the support structure at regular intervals, starting about 1.5 feet from the ground.
—Marie Woodward, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2024
These sorts of requests are standard for virtually all forms of malware and typically happen at regular intervals that span from minutes to days.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2024
But the new money has also led to a series of unsolved murders, and Scorsese grimly interrupts the action at regular intervals to show the faces, and say the names, of the Native American dead.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
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Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Using twine or soft plant ties, attach the rose canes to the support structure at regular intervals, starting about 1.5 feet from the ground.
—Marie Woodward, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2024
These sorts of requests are standard for virtually all forms of malware and typically happen at regular intervals that span from minutes to days.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2024
But the new money has also led to a series of unsolved murders, and Scorsese grimly interrupts the action at regular intervals to show the faces, and say the names, of the Native American dead.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
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