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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Because, in fact, I am usually immediately swayed by whatever intellectual fashion is in the air, and a first draft of any essay is more often than not a cynical and dutiful rehashing of the argument du jour.
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Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
And while there's sometimes a simple solution, more often than not the most popular posts are either exceedingly difficult, or don't have an answer at all.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Kershaw was on the winning end more often than not, but that didn’t mean the Giants didn’t also get in their licks.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
But more often than not Harris blames somebody else for campaign difficulties.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
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Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
And while there's sometimes a simple solution, more often than not the most popular posts are either exceedingly difficult, or don't have an answer at all.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Kershaw was on the winning end more often than not, but that didn’t mean the Giants didn’t also get in their licks.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
But more often than not Harris blames somebody else for campaign difficulties.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for more often than not
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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 29 Sep. 2025.
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