as in frequently
many times
I seem to stumble often when I try to walk in high heels
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Recent Examples of often
Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to extreme weather events, with snow and heavy rain that trigger flash floods that often kill dozens, or even hundreds, of people at a time.
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Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
Those who survive often experience fatigue and changes in how their nervous system works.
—Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
Previous methods often led to irregular or damaged structures.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Jan. 2026
Universal Images Group via Getty Images Reproduction is often framed as biology’s ultimate energy drain.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
Those who survive often experience fatigue and changes in how their nervous system works.
—Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
Previous methods often led to irregular or damaged structures.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Jan. 2026
Universal Images Group via Getty Images Reproduction is often framed as biology’s ultimate energy drain.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for often
Adverb
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With several teams in qualification places on goal difference alone as things stand, prepare for the league table to be changing as frequently as an airport departures board throughout the 90 minutes.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Homeland Security Investigations, a unit within ICE that focuses on cross-border crimes, frequently sends its officers to overseas events like the Olympics to assist with security.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The Cross-Functional Peer This person is someone at your same professional level but in a department that your team works with constantly.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Lobotka is constantly processing.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The officer in the tan beanie repeatedly hits Pretti in the head with the pepper spray canister.—
Yahya Abou-Ghazala,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Trump has criticized Powell repeatedly during his first year back in the White House ‒ threatening to try to fire him from the board of the independent agency ‒ for refusing to lower interest rates.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
30 Jan. 2026
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So having another person in her space was always a little surprising, even if the curator, gazing at her with his usual mix of mild reproach and gauzy concern, seemed not abundantly different from the empty chair.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Finding good Japanese food in London hasn’t always been the easiest task, given the city’s abundance of mediocre sushi takeaway spots and gaudy central London restaurants serving sub-par fish dressed up with too many bells and whistles.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Often.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/often. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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