as in sometimes
on some occasions
we do go to the library now and then, but not as often as we should
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Recent Examples of now and then
Malone returns to the Metroplex every now and then.
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
But every now and then, there’s just someone saying something that’s completely appalling.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
Every now and then, Anderson will part with a piece.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2025
Every now and then, the question comes up: Who holds the record for the worst round at The Masters?
—Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
But every now and then, there’s just someone saying something that’s completely appalling.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
Every now and then, Anderson will part with a piece.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2025
Every now and then, the question comes up: Who holds the record for the worst round at The Masters?
—Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for now and then
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The movies center around the intense — and sometimes dangerous — love story between a teenage girl, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), and a century-old vampire, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), who looks 17.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
3 May 2025
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And definitely don’t ask how the rest of that team’s run went. St. Louis Blues -20 The early Blues were the weirdest expansion team ever — sorry Vegas — going to the final three straight years and then getting their doors kicked in each time, occasionally ending things with an overrated photo op.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Reading back over her sister’s occasionally gossipy letters, maybe Cassie thought those qualities were just too dangerous to reveal publicly.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Now and then.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/now%20and%20then. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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