intermittent
Example Sentences
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As she writes in her new memoir, “Bread of Angels,” “Mine was a Proustian childhood, one of intermittent quarantine and convalescence.”
The persistent buoyancy of the music goes hand in hand with the lore that surrounds it: Moore and Riley often write together on a sailboat that is their intermittent home.
From New York Times
Among other uses those can be used to make power even when the wind is not blowing, making an intermittent clean source into one that is closer to 24/7.
From Seattle Times
Harris and Akkufo-Addo also discussed the intermittent conflicts in the northern part of Ghana and fears that cells of the Islamic State and al-Qaeda may be active there.
From Washington Post
The agency says they located and captured the two wolves on March 17 in Siskiyou County through “intermittent signals” coming off the malfunctioning collar of one wolf.
From Los Angeles Times
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