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.”
Given the nature of the bench role and the intermittent playing time, the Mariners decided to send Hummel to Tacoma to play on a regular basis.
From Seattle Times
For one, solar and wind are intermittent power sources, meaning they need to be deployed with batteries or other types of energy storage; this can increase costs.
From Scientific American
Over the next weeks we watched his movements, as revealed by the intermittent signals from his collar, with astonishment and trepidation.
From Scientific American
The airline’s departures were held up nationwide because of an intermittent technical problem.
From Seattle Times
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