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occasional

[uh-key-zhuh-nl] / əˈkeɪ ʒə nl /


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It is often more comfortable to make moderate forecasts projecting that recent trends will continue, even if that risks the occasional big miss, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

A small amount of advertising also helps pay for the occasional trip.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Like 59% of families who will now receive more, she is working - in her case, full-time for the local council and doing occasional extra shifts at a pub to top-up her income.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Yet in a post on X, Sam Altman wrote: “I don’t expect them to go any easier on us, am sure I’ll do my part to help enable that with occasional stupid decisions.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The only living souls to overhear us on this back road were our horses and perhaps the occasional hoot owl.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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