episodically

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for episodically
Adverb
  • Late public school buses and needing to take care of an occasionally sick child, along with at capacity or costly child care centers, contributed to her precarious employment.
    Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Invariably, there are at least two of them in every starting XI — occasionally Emery will play three — with the player disguised as the left-winger actually a second No 10.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Both moons are irregularly shaped.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The New York Yankees don’t have a left-hander on their full-time coaching staff and sometimes ask 256-game winner Andy Pettitte to throw batting practice.
    Chad Jennings, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The latter were sometimes embroidered on his signature woolen cardigans and shawls bearing stylized versions of placid landscapes, bandana patterns or geometric motifs.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Tech companies sporadically work with local police to track and deplatform harmful accounts, law enforcement sources say.
    Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The Ravens have won six the last eight straight up and are 5-3 against the number in a series that is played sporadically.
    Jack Magruder, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Episodically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/episodically. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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