most of the time
idiom
: on most occasions : usually
Sometimes I go out for lunch, but most of the time I bring my own lunch to work.
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About 16% of adults, including around one-quarter of adults under 30, report feeling lonely or isolated all or most of the time, according to a 2024 survey by the Pew Research Center.
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Peter Smith, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
The reality is that most of the time, police don’t prevent crime.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 15 Dec. 2025
It's reduced me to tears most of the time.
—Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
There’s enough generation capacity to power them, though only by activating power plants that are idle most of the time and that operate only during peak demand periods.
—Hannah Wiseman, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
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Peter Smith, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
The reality is that most of the time, police don’t prevent crime.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 15 Dec. 2025
It's reduced me to tears most of the time.
—Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
There’s enough generation capacity to power them, though only by activating power plants that are idle most of the time and that operate only during peak demand periods.
—Hannah Wiseman, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for most of the time
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“Most of the time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/most%20of%20the%20time. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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