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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Jeff Hiller’s thrilling Supporting Actor in a Comedy triumph for Somebody Somewhere was the kind of awards-show moment that gives you faith that the voters sometimes choose what really is the best.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
The Labubu blind boxes – which hide the exact content of the package until the customer opens it, sometimes revealing an especially rare item in a series – will be made available for purchase through the online store's Pop Now feature.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
Panels and blocks of fabric on skirts, jackets and dresses — sometimes in monochrome, other times in contrasting color — gave the collection a collage composition.
—Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Just about everyone has a backstory in Hollywood, and sometimes a few special ones shine through.
—Lisa France, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
The Labubu blind boxes – which hide the exact content of the package until the customer opens it, sometimes revealing an especially rare item in a series – will be made available for purchase through the online store's Pop Now feature.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
Panels and blocks of fabric on skirts, jackets and dresses — sometimes in monochrome, other times in contrasting color — gave the collection a collage composition.
—Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Just about everyone has a backstory in Hollywood, and sometimes a few special ones shine through.
—Lisa France, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sometimes
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These boulders, ranging in size from several meters to hundreds of meters and weighing up to a few tons, occasionally tumble down cliffs and crater walls, leaving bright tracks of disturbed lunar dust behind.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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The restaurant remains open, run by Un’s talented kitchen team, with Un, Chaparro, and Mama Kim dropping in occasionally; the food remains sharp and bright and deep and exhilarating, the mood vivacious and young and loud and polychromatic.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, 100% of the giant Colorado River basin is now in a drought.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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End 3rd Quarter Scott Starzyk's 49-yard field goal attempt off the left hash went wide left with 22 seconds left in the third quarter and the Razorbacks are in trouble now.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Sometimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sometimes. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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