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She registered her school-age children, 5-year-old Emiliana and 6-year-old Emilio, for face-to-face classes in the fall, but they went only sporadically because she struggled to find them transportation.
UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS OF STUDENTS HAVE DISAPPEARED DURING THE PANDEMIC. SCHOOLS ARE WORKING HARDER THAN EVER TO FIND THEM.MORIAH BALINGITFEBRUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POST
By 15, he was attending school sporadically but playing baseball regularly on semiprofessional teams.
HANK AARON, BASEBALL GREAT WHO BECAME FORCE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, DIES AT 86DAVE SHEININ, MATT SCHUDELJANUARY 22, 2021WASHINGTON POST
So did the receptionist, but only sporadically, according to several teachers.
TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAD DIFFERENT MASK POLICIES. ONLY ONE HAD A TEACHER ON A VENTILATOR.BY ANNIE WALDMAN AND HEATHER VOGELLNOVEMBER 23, 2020PROPUBLICA
We’ve reckoned with them sporadically and sometimes effectively, but we haven’t reckoned with them fully, and they are a deep undertow to progress.
DAN RATHER: PROPAGANDA AND INJUSTICE ARE A ‘VERY POTENT, TOXIC MIX’JOE HEIMNOVEMBER 23, 2020WASHINGTON POST
When we finally opened for outdoor dining, we were making adjustments daily, then weekly, as the city was sporadically disseminating information.
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO OPEN A NEW RESTAURANT DURING A PANDEMICRACHEL KINGOCTOBER 7, 2020FORTUNE
No Judeo-German litterateur has ever been able to make more than a scanty living, and that only sporadically, out of his books.
THE HISTORY OF YIDDISH LITERATURE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURYLEO WIENER
In mid-July of the same year they were calling sporadically from temporary ponds in the lower Motagua Valley.
AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF THE RAINFORESTS OF SOUTHERN EL PETEN, GUATEMALAWILLIAM E. DUELLMAN
Frosts occur sporadically on the Mexican Plateau, and in the winter snow falls on the highest mountains.
THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MICHOACN, MXICOWILLIAM E. DUELLMAN
Some of them settled in other parts of the province, either together or more usually sporadically.
THE JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY, VOLUME 5, 1920VARIOUS
Objects of the Bronze age too have only been found sporadically.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 16, SLICE 3VARIOUS
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO SPORADICALLY

  • at intervals
  • at random
  • at times
  • every so often
  • from time to time
  • hardly
  • infrequently
  • irregularly
  • now and again
  • on occasion
  • once in a blue moon
  • once in a while
  • once or twice
  • periodically
  • seldom
  • sometimes
  • sporadically
  • uncommonly
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