as in sometimes
on some occasions
we occasionally stop for ice cream on the way home
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Recent Examples of occasionally
Horn sharks occasionally will enter tide pools to eat the creatures there.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
The couple have occasionally appeared together at red carpet events — most notably at HBO premieres — and Bauer has shared his love for his wife on Instagram a few times.
—Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
But during times of crisis or war, the government has occasionally felt the need to step in.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
For Bear, the new arrangement is great about 99 percent of the time… the only drawback is that Nikki occasionally snaps back into her old self and screams in utter terror for a few seconds, before resuming the love-bombing.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
The couple have occasionally appeared together at red carpet events — most notably at HBO premieres — and Bauer has shared his love for his wife on Instagram a few times.
—Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
But during times of crisis or war, the government has occasionally felt the need to step in.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
For Bear, the new arrangement is great about 99 percent of the time… the only drawback is that Nikki occasionally snaps back into her old self and screams in utter terror for a few seconds, before resuming the love-bombing.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occasionally
sometimes
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The threats are sometimes even leveled against family members.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Next week, the former New York Times media reporter Ravi Somaiya is launching Bungalow, a project promising to delve deep into stories outside of the daily (and sometimes hourly) news cycle.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Occasionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occasionally. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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