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as in regular
appearing or occurring repeatedly from time to time
our local multiplex usually has frequent showings of blockbusters, with starting times about every half hour
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as in usual
often observed or encountered
finches are frequent sights in this part of the country
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as in to haunt
to go to or spend time in often
like their counterparts elsewhere, the town's teenagers like to frequent the local malls
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Recent Examples of frequent
Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026
Bose Quiet Comfort Noise Cancelling Headphones For frequent travelers, investing in a pair of top-notch noise-cancelling headphones can make a real difference, and the Bose QuietComfort headphones are an excellent choice.
—Ronny Maye, Essence, 29 Jan. 2026
Jp Mangalindan, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
After the game, Rodman and his teammates celebrated at Chinawhite, a nightclub in central London which at the time was regularly frequented by celebrities — even hosting Hugh Hefner’s 75th birthday party.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Tommy also finds a partner in Gallino (Andy Garcia), his frequent adversary.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026
Bose Quiet Comfort Noise Cancelling Headphones For frequent travelers, investing in a pair of top-notch noise-cancelling headphones can make a real difference, and the Bose QuietComfort headphones are an excellent choice.
—Ronny Maye, Essence, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
The Miami Lakes home Casiano and his team raided in June 2016 belonged to Luis Hernandez-Gonzalez, the longtime owner of Blossom Experience, a North Miami gardening supply store frequented by marijuana growers from across the country.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
After the game, Rodman and his teammates celebrated at Chinawhite, a nightclub in central London which at the time was regularly frequented by celebrities — even hosting Hugh Hefner’s 75th birthday party.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frequent
Adjective
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Its International Series has been bringing select regular-season games to cities in England, Mexico, Germany and Brazil, among others, for almost 20 years.—
Pamela Avila,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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Fox Sports will air 12 regular season football games on Fox, FS1 or FS2 and will continue broadcasting the football conference championship game.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Saturday's game was on Amazon Prime, so a lot more people than usual saw it.—
Scott Fowler The Charlotte Observer,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
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The singer also took a softer approach with her glam, trading her usual babydoll blush and statement eye makeup for cloud lips, frosted highlighter, and natural-looking lashes.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
2 Feb. 2026
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Lots of small, family-owned and run Vietnamese and Vietnamese-Chinese refugee businesses there, alongside a long-standing Greek restaurant and a German restaurant with an urban legend about being haunted, and now, some Latinx businesses, a Jamaican restaurant, a Somali restaurant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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This particularly applies to an opening visual metaphor, in which an old veteran is haunted by a vision of his past, which proves more excessive and obvious than enlightening.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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While crews will try to keep disruptions to a minimum, periodic lane closures and short-term detours will be inevitable, Mendoza said.—
Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Jan. 2026
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Boyd also reached for periodic forkfuls, especially of the chocolate, while Wheeler limited his intake to coffee.—
Nell Freudenberger,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Maybe Minnesota will prove to be the state where our politicians worked the hardest, lost the most face, while trying to hold the now ubiquitous ideology of violent American capitalism at bay.—
Ed Bok Lee,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Life without a smartphone may seem unimaginable, but AI giants are planning to put the ubiquitous gadget on the scrapheap.—
Chas Newkey-Burden,
TheWeek,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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China has been particularly busy, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ireland's Prime Minister Michael Martin, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and Starmer all visiting Beijing this month.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2026
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Lemon is planning to visit Europe in June.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Andrew has now been stripped of his titles and ordered to vacate his home at Royal Lodge due to repeated scandals tied to his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
18 Jan. 2026
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That feature allows repeated deployment without damage or reassembly.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The most common aphids on houseplants are the light green ones (pear aphids), but aphids can also be found colored pink, white, gray, and black.—
Jon VanZile,
The Spruce,
30 Jan. 2026
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But forfeiting vested carry as well as unvested is less common, comp experts agreed.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Frequent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frequent. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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