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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More The cash back can range from 1% to sometimes 28% and beyond, and during holiday events, the platform has offered double cash back in the past.
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Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Private-equity firms are deeply embedded in the disaster-recovery industry, sometimes relying on the low-wage labor of immigrants and incarcerated people in order to provide reconstruction services at cut rates.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
MrBeast has been the target of plenty of scrutiny in recent years for his elaborate — and sometimes dangerous — stunts.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Those proofs might be long, sometimes too long for humans to ever parse ourselves.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 Nov. 2025
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Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Private-equity firms are deeply embedded in the disaster-recovery industry, sometimes relying on the low-wage labor of immigrants and incarcerated people in order to provide reconstruction services at cut rates.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
MrBeast has been the target of plenty of scrutiny in recent years for his elaborate — and sometimes dangerous — stunts.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Those proofs might be long, sometimes too long for humans to ever parse ourselves.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sometimes
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That’s worsened a staffing crisis, with some airports’ control towers occasionally being without any controllers at all.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Even before the shutdown began, staff shortages occasionally triggered flight delays.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Nov. 2025
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Fallibility is written into our genetic code, and refereeing is basically a nightmare now for everyone involved.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Yet Tapestry—the parent company of Coach—said Gen Z now accounts for roughly 35% of its new customers, helping the brand beat Wall Street expectations and raise its full-year forecast.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Sometimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sometimes. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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