as in occasionally
on some occasions
sometimes I like to go skiing, and sometimes I prefer to stay inside where it's warm
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Recent Examples of sometimes
While people sometimes express this view in jest, others believe the fake environment borders on a cultural abomination.
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Adam Kadlac, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Some experts see it as a welcome, but possibly temporary, break for states in a scourge that boosted crime as people who are using the drugs sometimes fall into homelessness and steal to support fentanyl habits.
—Kaitlin Coward, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
An internet personality with millions of followers, Peters pushes looksmaxxing, which is the practice of maximizing physical appearance through various methods, ranging from improved grooming and fitness to extreme, sometimes dangerous, techniques, like surgery.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
The Pitt sometimes tricks us about a character by giving us one perspective on them for a long time before revealing something totally different.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
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Adam Kadlac, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Some experts see it as a welcome, but possibly temporary, break for states in a scourge that boosted crime as people who are using the drugs sometimes fall into homelessness and steal to support fentanyl habits.
—Kaitlin Coward, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
An internet personality with millions of followers, Peters pushes looksmaxxing, which is the practice of maximizing physical appearance through various methods, ranging from improved grooming and fitness to extreme, sometimes dangerous, techniques, like surgery.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
The Pitt sometimes tricks us about a character by giving us one perspective on them for a long time before revealing something totally different.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sometimes
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Workers in luminous yellow jackets sat on bare concrete slabs during games, occasionally fetching footballs that flew through the uprights and bounced around.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2026
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Each story arc, or part, would follow a different descendant of the extended Joestar clan, on their own heroic (and occasionally anti-heroic journey).—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
27 Mar. 2026
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The six varieties of Caruso giardiniera are now available online, and in stores in 30 states, including more than 100 stores in the Chicago area.—
Edie Kasten,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The Big Ten had a league-record six teams reach the Sweet 16 and now has tied the tournament record with four teams in the Elite Eight, increasing its chances of breaking through for the league's first title in more than a quarter-century.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Sometimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sometimes. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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