once or twice
idiom
: one or two times : a very few times
We've eaten at that restaurant once or twice.
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Establishing accountability cannot be done once or twice a year, during formal performance evaluations.
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Bruce Tulgan, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
The best-case scenario for the ACC and Big 12 using the at-large model is that each conference regularly receives two bids and perhaps a third berth once or twice.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
For the past decade my mother and I had gotten together with the children once or twice a year and called each other on our birthdays.
—Rebecca Chace
july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
After a period of silence, the dispatcher will repeat the call once or twice more.
—Jessica Van Egeren, jsonline.com, 11 July 2025
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Bruce Tulgan, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
The best-case scenario for the ACC and Big 12 using the at-large model is that each conference regularly receives two bids and perhaps a third berth once or twice.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
For the past decade my mother and I had gotten together with the children once or twice a year and called each other on our birthdays.
—Rebecca Chace
july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
After a period of silence, the dispatcher will repeat the call once or twice more.
—Jessica Van Egeren, jsonline.com, 11 July 2025
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“Once or twice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/once%20or%20twice. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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