as in seldom
not often
summer thunderstorms occur only rarely along the Oregon coast
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Recent Examples of rarely
This works well during the summer months or over break, but school schedules rarely align with that desire.
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Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 22 Oct. 2025
The big plays rarely materialized, which is at the forefront of Gonzales’ mind.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
The federal government’s weakness and limited ambitions, especially on the slavery question, meant that boundaries were rarely tested before the courts.
—Andrea Katz, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Even during the Monday-afternoon rush, Parmar said, waits rarely exceed 30 minutes.
—Helen Ouyang, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
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Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 22 Oct. 2025
The big plays rarely materialized, which is at the forefront of Gonzales’ mind.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
The federal government’s weakness and limited ambitions, especially on the slavery question, meant that boundaries were rarely tested before the courts.
—Andrea Katz, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Even during the Monday-afternoon rush, Parmar said, waits rarely exceed 30 minutes.
—Helen Ouyang, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rarely
seldom
Adverb
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Lanthimos’s gaze, so exactingly attuned to human ugliness, has seldom given us lovelier things to look at.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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Because Washington’s Zach Ertz has played his entire career in the NFC (previously with the Eagles, Cardinals and Lions) and the Chiefs’ Travis Kelce competes in the AFC, their teams have seldom met.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Rarely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rarely. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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