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Recent Examples of occasionally Our patients speak all these languages and occasionally surprise us with more, such as French or Bangla. Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025 But while there are a few bright spots — chief among them the bits of levity offered by slightly goofy, occasionally clever and generally lovable loan shark Woo-seok (Jeon Seok-ho) — the pace is lumbering. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025 So, for his debut LP, Frankie Grande took some of his darker thoughts, blended them with a series of bombastic dance-pop beats and created Hotel Rock Bottom, an often earnest, occasionally campy tabelau of personal highs, lows and all the moments that come in between. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 27 June 2025 While the videos were being played, Diddy sat at the defense table, occasionally tapping his fingers on his legs. Lauryn Overhultz , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for occasionally
Recent Examples of Synonyms for occasionally
sometimes
Adverb
  • Their core ingredient is the engagement of the entire campus community — students, faculty, staff and sometimes the outside community — in reading the same material in order to promote a wide-ranging conversation about an important issue or controversy.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • While it’s sometimes compared to Pilates, the two methods are very different.
    Amy Wilkinson, SELF, 1 July 2025

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“Occasionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occasionally. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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