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Recent Examples of intermittently
Calls for Lang to step down intensified since files released on January 30 by the US Department of Justice showed Epstein and Lang corresponding intermittently between 2012 and 2019, when the financier died by suicide in jail.
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Reuters 13 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
After 15 days without internet access, civilians were gradually able to reconnect to social media intermittently.
—Molly Hunter, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
Tall, cold, alone, tough, quiet and only intermittently illuminating.
—Mark Kennedy, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
The union staff organized last spring and have been negotiating their first contract with management intermittently since September.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
The company said service had been intermittently restored for some users in recent days.
—Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2026
The instructional promise of each episode was a bit, a starting point for discursive, funny, intermittently personal mini-essays that always started in Wilson’s beloved New York, but could and did make their way anywhere.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
As an adult, however, Feldman entered a decades-long stint in the tabloid wilderness, working as an actor only intermittently after struggles with addiction and the trauma of alleged abuse as a child in the film industry.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
Brian Wilson had co-founded that band in 1961 but ceased touring between 1964 and 1976, returning only intermittently in the early Eighties and Nineties before solidifying his exit in 1996.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
Reuters 13 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
After 15 days without internet access, civilians were gradually able to reconnect to social media intermittently.
—Molly Hunter, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
Tall, cold, alone, tough, quiet and only intermittently illuminating.
—Mark Kennedy, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
The union staff organized last spring and have been negotiating their first contract with management intermittently since September.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
The company said service had been intermittently restored for some users in recent days.
—Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2026
The instructional promise of each episode was a bit, a starting point for discursive, funny, intermittently personal mini-essays that always started in Wilson’s beloved New York, but could and did make their way anywhere.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
As an adult, however, Feldman entered a decades-long stint in the tabloid wilderness, working as an actor only intermittently after struggles with addiction and the trauma of alleged abuse as a child in the film industry.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
Brian Wilson had co-founded that band in 1961 but ceased touring between 1964 and 1976, returning only intermittently in the early Eighties and Nineties before solidifying his exit in 1996.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermittently
Adverb
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Risher previously told Fortune that acting as a driver periodically enables him to target areas for improvement within the company.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Our practices may change from time to time, so please check back here periodically to review our latest policy.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Sarah forwarded this email to two people, one of them being Epstein, and the other restaurant mogul Steve Hanson, who appears in the emails to have occasionally discussed Sarah’s career with her and Epstein.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Kiley has occasionally bucked GOP leadership on procedural matters and previously voted against a House rule that would have blocked consideration of tariff repeal measures.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Ice surfaces develop a thin, mobile surface layer, sometimes called a quasi-liquid or premelted layer, that reduces friction and enables sliding.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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The pilgrimage is a rallying point for conservative Christians from across Europe and beyond; Catholic political figures sometimes join the pilgrims for a stretch.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Intermittently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermittently. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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