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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
  • Constant said failure to appear charges, often due to the bus being late, a lack of childcare or permission to take the day off from work, are driving Connecticut’s pretrial population.
    Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The danger comes as drivers hunt for limited street parking, often making their own way, and beachgoers cross four lanes of high-speed traffic.
    Laurie Perez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Yet there’s also a growing inevitability to those clubs losing their stars to domestic rivals, an event occurring far more frequently than before and which further solidifies the hierarchical structure of English football.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Yet, according to Ries, the financial tools companies use to evaluate decisions frequently discourage investing in it because trust rarely appears on a balance sheet.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Hughes says that miscarriage concerns are common for pregnant women and that doctors are constantly discussing risks and benefits with their patients.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Phones carry cyberbullying, group-chat disputes, read receipts and the pressure to remain constantly available.
    Kavin Bendre, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

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

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