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Recent Examples of often And yet beneath the glitter, the past endures – often in silence, sometimes in cynical exploitation. Sophal Ear, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025 The statement suggests that the patient’s liver enzymes were elevated, which often indicates damage to cells in the organ and is an issue that has been linked to some other obesity drugs. Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025 But the rest had authentic-sounding clicks, whistles and burst pulses—rapid sequences of clicks that dolphins often utter during fighting and other close-proximity behavior. Melissa Hobson, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025 The pride athletes have brought representing their country — which is so often left at home by players in other professional sports’ All-Star Games — is palpable this tournament. Lauren Merola, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for often
Recent Examples of Synonyms for often
Adverb
  • His paintings frequently depict flowering trees, grassy fields and blue swimming pools under languid skies.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Before orbital data centers can take off in a big way, technologists must make sure that the technology can withstand the harsh environment of space, especially the strong radiation that frequently shortens the lifespan of electronic devices.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Maybe Mara, the Tisch family and the new minority owners will just ride this regime out through its fifth season regardless to run out the clock on their contracts and avoid constantly paying multiple regimes at once — just like Cowboys owner Jerry Jones did with Mike McCarthy to save a few bucks.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Her lymph nodes swelled constantly, but biopsies showed no cancer.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • The prosecution repeatedly showed graphic crime scene images during its presentation.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • But the Trump administration has repeatedly criticized foreign aid as wasteful and accused agencies like USAID of pursuing political agendas.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • The classic Trader Joe’s tote bag has, in our humble opinion, always been kind of a slay.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 15 Apr. 2025
  • That has always been the foundation of the dandy tradition.
    Mark Holgate, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025

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“Often.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/often. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

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