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or ofttimes
as in often
many times
children oftentimes don't realize how quickly time passes
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Recent Examples of oftentimes
There’s often more availability, and oftentimes the price point is just a little bit lower.
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The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
Hood continues that oftentimes, there is a misconception that airlines don’t do enough to reunite bags with their owners.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2025
And oftentimes the initial hostile takeover bid a company announces goes even higher.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 10 Dec. 2025
And that's One of the tricky things about all of this, discussion around trauma is that oftentimes we get lost in the story of it.
—Outside Online, 3 Dec. 2025
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The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
Hood continues that oftentimes, there is a misconception that airlines don’t do enough to reunite bags with their owners.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2025
And oftentimes the initial hostile takeover bid a company announces goes even higher.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 10 Dec. 2025
And that's One of the tricky things about all of this, discussion around trauma is that oftentimes we get lost in the story of it.
—Outside Online, 3 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oftentimes
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Jenner, like her sister Kim Kardashian, has often turned to Margiela for her most major moments, with an affinity for the house’s sensual, body-exulting designs.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2026
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These therapies are not universally successful, of course, but can often save lives and defeat cancers where other methods are unsuccessful.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
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“Oftentimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oftentimes. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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