intermittently
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He owns several very well-appointed residences and has an attractive, intermittently charming wife, Agnes, who keeps those properties humming.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Even domestic messaging platforms, such as Rubika and Bale, work only intermittently.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
"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
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
Flashes of steam showed intermittently on the wide horizon, gleaming translucently in the winter sun.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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