1
as in often
many times
a crackpot who constantly wrote angry letters to the local newspaper
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2
as in always
on every relevant occasion
stay constantly on guard until the danger of forest fire is past
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Recent Examples of constantly
Logging off healed the deep wound of constantly watching other people’s lives instead of tending to my own.
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Lee Tilghman, SELF, 28 Jan. 2026
Given the fast-changing and often challenging independent film space, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and its IFFR Pro arm are constantly looking to evolve to meet the needs of creatives.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
This metallic material could prove to be a desirable alternative to copper in heat sinks – not just for computers and AI hardware, but also for aerospace systems and quantum computers that need to constantly run cool.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2026
Andrade says Khaleesi had been drawing constantly, then asking her mom to tape her artwork all around their home.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
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Lee Tilghman, SELF, 28 Jan. 2026
Given the fast-changing and often challenging independent film space, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and its IFFR Pro arm are constantly looking to evolve to meet the needs of creatives.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
This metallic material could prove to be a desirable alternative to copper in heat sinks – not just for computers and AI hardware, but also for aerospace systems and quantum computers that need to constantly run cool.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2026
Andrade says Khaleesi had been drawing constantly, then asking her mom to tape her artwork all around their home.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for constantly
Adverb
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Jenner, like her sister Kim Kardashian, has often turned to Margiela for her most major moments, with an affinity for the house’s sensual, body-exulting designs.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2026
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These therapies are not universally successful, of course, but can often save lives and defeat cancers where other methods are unsuccessful.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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So having another person in her space was always a little surprising, even if the curator, gazing at her with his usual mix of mild reproach and gauzy concern, seemed not abundantly different from the empty chair.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Finding good Japanese food in London hasn’t always been the easiest task, given the city’s abundance of mediocre sushi takeaway spots and gaudy central London restaurants serving sub-par fish dressed up with too many bells and whistles.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The officer in the tan beanie repeatedly hits Pretti in the head with the pepper spray canister.—
Yahya Abou-Ghazala,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Trump has criticized Powell repeatedly during his first year back in the White House ‒ threatening to try to fire him from the board of the independent agency ‒ for refusing to lower interest rates.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
30 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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New uses are continually being devised.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Since then, TxDOT has continually sent fleets of trucks to plow main thoroughfares like Central Expressway in Richardson on Monday night and Highway 287 in Decatur earlier in the day.—
J.D. Miles,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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With several teams in qualification places on goal difference alone as things stand, prepare for the league table to be changing as frequently as an airport departures board throughout the 90 minutes.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Homeland Security Investigations, a unit within ICE that focuses on cross-border crimes, frequently sends its officers to overseas events like the Olympics to assist with security.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Memory has consistently been among the most cyclical industries within semiconductors.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Of all the opposition leaders, Machado has spoken most consistently in favor of privatization and foreign investment.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Good intentions run into craven expectations, however, and invariably, the types of terrible choices and consequences that, in Soto’s admirably unsentimental narrative style, wouldn’t be out of place in either a silent-era disaster comedy or a darkly tragic indie.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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While at the Sundance Film Festival promoting his gritty new historical drama The Weight, Hawke reflected on the toll stunt work has on actors, a conversation that invariably leads back to Cruise.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Constantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constantly. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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