once or twice

ADVERB

now and then

Synonyms

STRONGEST

every now and then every so often infrequently intermittently now and again occasionally periodically sporadically

WEAK

at intervals at times every once in a while from time to time hardly irregularly not often off and on on occasion once and again once in a blue moon once in a while sometimes

ADVERB

occasionally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hardly infrequently periodically seldom sometimes sporadically

WEAK

at intervals at random at times every so often from time to time irregularly now and again on occasion once in a blue moon once in a while uncommonly

Antonyms

WEAK

always constantly frequently regularly steadily usually

Example Sentences

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Operations manager Elizabeth Turbé printed out Excel-based baking schedules once or twice a week and bought boxes of wooden rulers that bakers used to help track which rows to follow each day.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Let the mixture sit for 15 to 20 minutes, pressing the bread down once or twice so it can fully absorb the custard.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Some customers still dine there once or twice each week.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Her mother, Pamela Graham, already drives Heather the 80-mile round trip to diving once or twice a week.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

The nicer boys among us thought, buy her ice cream first; dance with her once or twice?

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

once or twice

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