periodically

Example Sentences

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For the most part, Iran has been able to get its own oil out, and it has periodically allowed some other countries to move their oil too.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

I have periodically had the same “problem” with NFL, college football, and college basketball games.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026

Three-and-a-half-thousand hungry Alsatians wolf down platters of charcuterie and periodically burst into noisy chorus.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The so-called averages committee at Dow Jones periodically decides whether a given stock should be deleted from the Dow and replaced with another stock, and with just 30 constituent stocks the committee’s decisions loom large.

From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026

Instead of having fluctuating populations that periodically outran their resources and starved, they maintained smaller populations that enjoyed an abundance of food in good years and a sufficiency in bad years.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond