as in sometimes
on some occasions
we occasionally stop for ice cream on the way home
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Recent Examples of occasionally
The show occasionally expressed the same kind of disgust toward poverty, or toward any evidence of how rising inequality in New York has left many people to live.
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
Back-to-school season is nigh, but nothing brightens the end of the summer like a major discount from one of our favorite brands, especially when said brand only occasionally holds sales.
—Esther Newman, Refinery29, 12 Aug. 2025
His haphazard directives combined the worst of both options: soldiers often let demonstrators march but occasionally shot up crowds, supplying fresh outrages that fuelled more protest.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
For years, as perhaps 20th Century Fox’s most beloved film property, the seminal musical was only aired occasionally on television, typically on an annual basis on one of the major networks.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2025
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
Back-to-school season is nigh, but nothing brightens the end of the summer like a major discount from one of our favorite brands, especially when said brand only occasionally holds sales.
—Esther Newman, Refinery29, 12 Aug. 2025
His haphazard directives combined the worst of both options: soldiers often let demonstrators march but occasionally shot up crowds, supplying fresh outrages that fuelled more protest.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
For years, as perhaps 20th Century Fox’s most beloved film property, the seminal musical was only aired occasionally on television, typically on an annual basis on one of the major networks.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occasionally
sometimes
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Patton believes that people sometimes make choices out of a fear of being alone instead of waiting for the person they are meant to be with.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Power Rangers uh, have fought monster bugs…sometimes?—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Occasionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occasionally. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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