now and then

adverb

: from time to time : occasionally
now and then we go off to the country

Examples of now and then in a Sentence

we do go to the library now and then, but not as often as we should
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Keep your eyes peeled on the Boll & Branch, as the brand hosts sales every now and then to snag this Signature Hemmed Set for a lower price. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 July 2025 But the list of compatible iPhones won’t change between now and then. David Phelan, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025 There's a lot of baseball to be played between now and then. Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025 All of us go off track now and then, in ways large and small. Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 14 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for now and then

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of now and then was in the 15th century

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“Now and then.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/now%20and%20then. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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