as in sometimes
on some occasions
we occasionally stop for ice cream on the way home
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Recent Examples of occasionally
Bring to a simmer and cook 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until pasta and peas are tender and liquid has reduced.
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Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
In California, death caps typically grow near oak trees and occasionally pines.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 15 May 2026
The $350 billion spending plan avoids a deficit, builds reserves, and steers clear of the broad tax increases that Sacramento occasionally reaches for when revenues disappoint.
—Marc Joffe, Oc Register, 15 May 2026
Semple’s writing is warm and absurdly funny but also occasionally devastating—as when, roughly midway through the book, Adora digresses into recalling her experiences writing for a comedy show in the 1990s.
—The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
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Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
In California, death caps typically grow near oak trees and occasionally pines.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 15 May 2026
The $350 billion spending plan avoids a deficit, builds reserves, and steers clear of the broad tax increases that Sacramento occasionally reaches for when revenues disappoint.
—Marc Joffe, Oc Register, 15 May 2026
Semple’s writing is warm and absurdly funny but also occasionally devastating—as when, roughly midway through the book, Adora digresses into recalling her experiences writing for a comedy show in the 1990s.
—The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occasionally
sometimes
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The slick creatures, with their blunt heads and whiskers, are sometimes easy to spot in the water, but the restaurants that have perfected eating them are a bit harder to find.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
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That's a fairly small sum, although many of her most famous dance cuts arrived long before iTunes, and sometimes decades before Billboard introduced the tally.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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“Occasionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occasionally. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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