more often than not
idiom
: happening more than half the time
He wins more often than not.
More often than not, I stay home instead of going out.
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So more often than not, producers are brought in to create music that aligns with those frameworks, helping to bring that vision to life.
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Jeff Benjamin, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
But more often than not, the perfect No 2 is someone in that middle ground: good enough to play, self-aware enough to wait.
—Matt Pyzdrowski, New York Times, 11 June 2025
But more often than not, the real barriers are internal:
1.
—Kathy Caprino, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
In the new era, three tribes are predetermined, and more often than not, one tribe suffers fools and loses half of its members before the merge, leaving the other two tribes untouched.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 9 June 2025
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Jeff Benjamin, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
But more often than not, the perfect No 2 is someone in that middle ground: good enough to play, self-aware enough to wait.
—Matt Pyzdrowski, New York Times, 11 June 2025
But more often than not, the real barriers are internal:
1.
—Kathy Caprino, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
In the new era, three tribes are predetermined, and more often than not, one tribe suffers fools and loses half of its members before the merge, leaving the other two tribes untouched.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 9 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for more often than not
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“More often than not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20often%20than%20not. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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