as in sometimes
on some occasions
we occasionally stop for ice cream on the way home
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Recent Examples of occasionally
Since 2012, the museum has occasionally brought out some pieces for temporary exhibits.
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ABC News, 8 May 2026
Female mongooses occasionally need to mate with someone outside their group.
—Big Think, 8 May 2026
The Lakers have occasionally been tantalizingly close, but there’s a clear absence here of any cigar, and no chance of one walking through that door.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
The model that helped launch former Lamborghini engineer Horacio Pagani’s eponymous marque made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in 1999 and would only undergo minor changes before the final example rolled off the line 20 years later (though sporadic one-offs and rebuilds occasionally pop up).
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 May 2026
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ABC News, 8 May 2026
Female mongooses occasionally need to mate with someone outside their group.
—Big Think, 8 May 2026
The Lakers have occasionally been tantalizingly close, but there’s a clear absence here of any cigar, and no chance of one walking through that door.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
The model that helped launch former Lamborghini engineer Horacio Pagani’s eponymous marque made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in 1999 and would only undergo minor changes before the final example rolled off the line 20 years later (though sporadic one-offs and rebuilds occasionally pop up).
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occasionally
sometimes
Adverb
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Orders that leave our kitchen hot and carefully prepared sometimes arrive cold, spilled or mishandled.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Agents, forced to work without pay, called in sick; security lines metastasized, sometimes snaking out to the curb.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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“Occasionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occasionally. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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