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Recent Examples of oftentimes In seeking to increase the number of students from certain racial groups, the current UC admissions policy is setting up unprepared students to fail, oftentimes while saddling them with many thousands of dollars in student loan debt. — Adam B. Summers, Oc Register, 11 June 2026 Juries are made up of people who oftentimes fancy themselves as detectives of sort. — Jack Hannah, CNN Money, 7 June 2026 But according to a new global analysis, certain airlines are really trying to turn the tide on what is oftentimes the punchline of travel jokes. — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 Gathers told the outlet that for the care team, the patients oftentimes become family, which pushes them to do as much as possible. — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for oftentimes
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Adverb
  • The additional processing stages often introduced delays and lost information between audio and text.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The service Like many hotels in the Vail Valley, the staff skews young—often ski-season transplants and J-1 visa students here for a winter (or summer) in the mountains.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • But places like South Florida have seen more intense storms more frequently than before.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Though the model was initially pitched as a way to help rural systems deploy experts at all hours, it is frequently used in more urban and suburban areas as well.
    — Alana Semuels, Time, 10 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • Symptoms include constantly going on about how no one cares about Meghan and Prince Harry and everyone should stop paying attention to them.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Even in an industry that’s constantly in motion, this is a departure not many would have predicted.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026

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“Oftentimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oftentimes. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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