How to Use more often than not in a Sentence

more often than not

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  • Which was — more often than not — a good thing.
    — Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The best, more often than not, are stuffed with goose or duck down.
    — Erica Zazo, Popular Mechanics, 31 July 2023
  • He also is poised to line up as a flanker more often than not.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Helps when Hinch’s hand of cards wins out more often than not.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • Yet in spite of it all, the series works more often than not.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
  • Clearly, there was a plan to run the ball more often than not.
    — Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But more often than not, her stylist's canvas is long hair.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 9 Feb. 2026
  • All three agreed that more often than not, the answer is yes.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
  • There [is], more often than not, more than one baseball in the air.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
  • Herbert was sacked three times, but had time to throw more often than not.
    — Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
  • With three on the roster, someone will be on tap more often than not.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
  • But more often than not, the Wolves will have to build out their back end through the draft.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2024
  • But more often than not, clients aren’t just looking for a campaign.
    — Misty Dykema, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • And more often than not, there’s a very bad upbringing.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • But more often than not, these two brothers can't get enough of each other.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
  • If a piece didn’t fit, it could be made—but more often than not, my size was already in the store.
    — Tariro Mzezewa, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Nov. 2024
  • And not every day, but more often than not, managing to grab a hold of it.
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Much more often than not, the party out of favor wins these elections.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
  • But more often than not, that perfect stack falls into a crumpled pile.
    — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
  • And in my opinion that happened more often than not throughout this whole process.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The Wildcats will be favored more often than not.
    — Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • An offense still hitting the snooze button more often than not.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2023
  • Because, more often than not, Buck has been there to describe them.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Seventy years ago, rockets blew up more often than not.
    — Big Think, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Yet, more often than not, promising treatments don’t reach the people who need them.
    — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
  • However, the approach proves fresh more often than not.
    — Stephen Saito, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
  • But more often than not, guests will use the bath towels hanging on the towel bar instead.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The trick, more often than not, is to allow couples to be happy, but not too happy.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2024
  • And clarity, more often than not, is what we are truly hired to provide.
    — Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 21 Feb. 2026
  • But more often than not, falls and their consequences are a silent crisis decades in the making.
    — Matthew T. Drake, Fortune, 9 July 2026

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