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from time to time

ADVERB
now and then
Synonyms
WEAK
ever so often every now and then every once in a while infrequently not often now and again occasionally once and again once in a while periodically sometimes sporadically

Example Sentences

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Like many Western liberals—and she is an unapologetic exemplar—Ms. Hansen has found herself torn by Mr. Erdogan from time to time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Violent Islamist organizations do indeed spring up from time to time.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

While from time to time, like Matthew Arnold a century before, she professed to see some virtue in the lower classes, she reserved most of her literary barbs for the middle class.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

We have seen from time to time that retail investors want to redeem their holdings and get liquidity.

From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026

Though her inventions were known to get loose from time to time.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles