intermittently

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermittently
Adverb
  • Mud, pebbles, and any kind of debris fall into the container as the footwear dries, allowing cleaning to be a one-step process of emptying the container periodically.
    Lauren Carpenter, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • But since 2002, they have been found periodically in Illinois, including one sighting in Pike County in 2012, officials say.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Source: University reports The endowment is not a piggy bank University endowments, though occasionally staggering in size, are not slush funds.
    Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Over the next 40 years however single malts from the highland distillery trickled into the market through independent bottlers and occasionally official releases as well.
    Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • There are so many women, even children, who are really alone and sometimes abandoned by their own family.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 21 Apr. 2025
  • But he would be called things, and strangers would sometimes eavesdrop on our conversations and grimace.
    Tina Knowles, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Intermittently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermittently. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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