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
Drone operators often work close to the frontlines, sometimes within 250 meters (820 feet), guiding their machines with computer screens and controllers.
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Science has the inconvenient property of sometimes stalling out.
—James Somers, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
The removal of Spears' Instagram account comes after years of public concern and defense over her social media presence, in which the pop star has been seen posting dance videos (including with knives), sometimes with unintelligible and bizarre captions.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Corina Betancourt, who’s 40 and lives in Glendale, Arizona, already uses a food bank sometimes to get groceries for herself and her three kids, ages 8 through 11.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Science has the inconvenient property of sometimes stalling out.
—James Somers, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
The removal of Spears' Instagram account comes after years of public concern and defense over her social media presence, in which the pop star has been seen posting dance videos (including with knives), sometimes with unintelligible and bizarre captions.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Corina Betancourt, who’s 40 and lives in Glendale, Arizona, already uses a food bank sometimes to get groceries for herself and her three kids, ages 8 through 11.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sometimes
Adverb
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Mist the leaves occasionally or place the plant on a tray filled with pebbles and some water to increase humidity around the plant.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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In a recent episode of Apple TV's The Reluctant Traveler, the Prince of Wales opened up to host Eugene Levy about the late Duke of Edinburgh’s famously sharp (and occasionally unintentional) sense of humor, recalling how much laughter filled their family gatherings.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Long a linchpin of oil and gas supply, the Kingdom now seeks to be just as dominant in renewables — from solar and wind to green hydrogen.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Frazier History Museum Owsley Brown Frazier founded what's now known as the Frazier History Museum in 2004.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Sometimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sometimes. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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