periodically
adverb
pe·ri·od·i·cal·ly
ˌpir-ē-ˈä-di-k(ə-)lē 
1
: at regular intervals of time
2
: from time to time : frequently
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Elsewhere, a photographer periodically captures idiosyncratic family portraits, with each one telling its own silent story.
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Tomris Laffly, Variety, 23 Nov. 2025
The plaza out front has spent about 13 of those years — a quarter of its entire existence — wrapped in a plywood construction shed, first put up in 2012 and periodically reshuffled, at one point briefly receding from the sidewalk and then re-expanding.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 20 Nov. 2025
Safety board investigator Todd Gianelloni said the crew did periodically inspect the 947-foot container ship, but there were no instructions on how to check individual wire connections, and doing so would have been labor intensive and impractical on a ship with thousands of wires.
—Brian Witte, Arkansas Online, 19 Nov. 2025
Though the crew was required to periodically inspect the ship's switchboard, investigators said the instructions don't provide practical guidance for checking the thousands of wires and doing so by hand would be difficult and extremely labor intensive.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025
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Tomris Laffly, Variety, 23 Nov. 2025
The plaza out front has spent about 13 of those years — a quarter of its entire existence — wrapped in a plywood construction shed, first put up in 2012 and periodically reshuffled, at one point briefly receding from the sidewalk and then re-expanding.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 20 Nov. 2025
Safety board investigator Todd Gianelloni said the crew did periodically inspect the 947-foot container ship, but there were no instructions on how to check individual wire connections, and doing so would have been labor intensive and impractical on a ship with thousands of wires.
—Brian Witte, Arkansas Online, 19 Nov. 2025
Though the crew was required to periodically inspect the ship's switchboard, investigators said the instructions don't provide practical guidance for checking the thousands of wires and doing so by hand would be difficult and extremely labor intensive.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Periodically.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periodically. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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