intermittently

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"Our study suggests using them intermittently, then activating suction at intervals, might be better. That's because mosquitoes don't tend to stick around their target when both clues aren't used at the same time."

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

As children, Mrie and her sister, Alia, were obliged to plead with their father for money, which he supplied only intermittently.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

And dispatchable resources like natural gas plants are being retired and replaced by solar and wind systems that operate intermittently.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

However, it said many users still do not have full access and can only connect intermittently and for very limited periods, often after repeated attempts.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Warburg’s ideas received confirmation in 1953 when other workers were able to turn normal cells into cancer cells merely by depriving them of oxygen intermittently over long periods.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson