How to Use once or twice in a Sentence

once or twice

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• For years, the ex-football player came in once or twice a week.
  — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 7 July 2026
• Scoop solid waste from litter boxes daily, and give them a deep clean once or twice a month with warm, soapy water.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 June 2026
• Shehr Bano had visited relatives in other towns once or twice in her life.
  — Literary Hub, 30 June 2026
• Add the shrimp and cook for 2 minutes, stirring once or twice, until nicely browned but not fully cooked through.
  — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
• Water roses deeply once or twice per week, letting the top few inches of soil dry out between waterings.
  — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 5 July 2026
• After that, the diet recommends 24-hour intermittent fasting once or twice a week.
  — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 29 June 2026
• Klassen’s distinctive peepers appear everywhere, including, once or twice, in the pages of this magazine.
  — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
• Sporting nirvana When Fernández’s header hit the net nearly 10 minutes later, those Argentines ascended into a realm of sporting nirvana that might come along once or twice in a lifetime.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026