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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
  • Those numbers were often compiled against lesser competition.
    Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Commercial launch demand was on the wane, and what demand there was often went to launch providers in Europe or Russia.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The company employs about 850 people, does hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure work around the Northeast, and is frequently Connecticut’s choice on big-ticket contracts to construct schools, rebuild highways or repair bridges.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026
  • For example, an enterprise may deploy an AI customer-service agent that achieves high technical accuracy, yet still fail because customers must repeat information, escalation paths are unclear and employees frequently override recommendations.
    Ashwin Gaidhani, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • What is something people constantly assume about you that is completely wrong?
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The Americans were constantly pounding the ball inside and converting turnovers into easy layups.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

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“Oftentimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oftentimes. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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