as in often
many times
our oddball uncle frequently lets himself into our house without knocking
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Recent Examples of frequently
That is why Gmail appearing so frequently in this database raises concerns beyond any single service.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Opponents have frequently targeted Liverpool with long balls this season, so any incoming centre-back has to be strong in that department.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Police frequently fulfill such request within hours or days.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026
Three-quarters of White Americans own homes, while only 46% of Black Americans do, and Black borrowers’ mortgage applications are denied more than twice as frequently as those of White borrowers.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Opponents have frequently targeted Liverpool with long balls this season, so any incoming centre-back has to be strong in that department.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Police frequently fulfill such request within hours or days.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026
Three-quarters of White Americans own homes, while only 46% of Black Americans do, and Black borrowers’ mortgage applications are denied more than twice as frequently as those of White borrowers.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frequently
Adverb
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Uninsured Americans, however, often must pay for prescription medications with their own money.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Investors often flock to gold when crises hit, inflation spikes or stocks slump as a way to preserve their money’s worth.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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This protection doesn’t cover everything, however; lighter species of gases — including water vapor — are constantly stripped away by the solar wind, and seen in Venus’s magnetotail.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Feb. 2026
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This approach reduces visual noise and eliminates the need to constantly rotate, store, or reassess items throughout the year.—
Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
4 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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As strong as Dallas has been in its six-game win streak, the Stars have allowed opponents to climb back into games repeatedly in the third.—
Lia Assimakopoulos,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Kitty, whose worldly possessions fit into two plastic bags, is seen repeatedly in the same clothes, and bourgeois hostility to her presence in Beth’s middle-class neighborhood compounds her feelings of worthlessness.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Frequently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frequently. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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