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as in regularly
at regular intervals
New editions are released periodically.
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as in occasionally
on some occasions
Though he now lives across town, he still periodically visits the old diner.
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Recent Examples of periodically
Not all Mac users interact with disk images regularly, aside from opening them up periodically to install an app or restore an old backup.
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ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The unit has been at the center of efforts to quash the anti-Hamas protests that have periodically broken out in Gaza in recent months.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
They’re periodically summoned for advice, including to review evidence and vote on whether the FDA should approve drugs, vaccines, and medical devices, often when FDA officials face a difficult decision.
—Arthur Allen, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Visiting cargo spacecraft — historically Russia's Progress spacecraft — typically push the ISS higher from the Earth's orbit periodically, when the facility naturally falls back to the planet.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The unit has been at the center of efforts to quash the anti-Hamas protests that have periodically broken out in Gaza in recent months.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
They’re periodically summoned for advice, including to review evidence and vote on whether the FDA should approve drugs, vaccines, and medical devices, often when FDA officials face a difficult decision.
—Arthur Allen, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Visiting cargo spacecraft — historically Russia's Progress spacecraft — typically push the ISS higher from the Earth's orbit periodically, when the facility naturally falls back to the planet.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for periodically
Adverb
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Glasner regularly points out that everything starts from the back for his team.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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Experts who regularly advise the committee, and representatives from powerful organizations such as the American Medical Association, pushed back hard against such statements.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Sep. 2025
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These boulders, ranging in size from several meters to hundreds of meters and weighing up to a few tons, occasionally tumble down cliffs and crater walls, leaving bright tracks of disturbed lunar dust behind.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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The restaurant remains open, run by Un’s talented kitchen team, with Un, Chaparro, and Mama Kim dropping in occasionally; the food remains sharp and bright and deep and exhilarating, the mood vivacious and young and loud and polychromatic.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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In addition to the standard co-hosts and judges, the hit series also frequently features celebrity guest judges.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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Some of Otterbring’s research has shown that people who frequently play board games tend to have personalities that are higher in openness to experience.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But cash is rarely a long-term solution.—
Gregory Clifford,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The president talks about China as an economic rival but rarely as a strategic one—a view neatly encapsulated by his decision last month to ease export controls on advanced chips, which granted Beijing a boost in the AI race in exchange for a cut of the resulting sales.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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So while cells in a younger person (that were continuously exposed to estrogen prior to HRT) might benefit from a fresh influx of estrogen, ones that had a break from that estrogen bath might react negatively to it.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
15 Sep. 2025
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In the last few releases, Apple has added and continuously improved support for external game controllers, added a low-latency Game Mode, and introduced the Game Porting Toolkit, a collection of translation layers that helps developers test native Windows games on the Mac without modification.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The Balmain brand name has endured modernity for almost two decades under creative director Olivier Rousteing, seldom narrating its over three-quarters-century legacy.—
Cassell Ferere,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Masculinity is a prison, and even the most emotionally attuned men seldom put themselves out there in a big way due to societal pressures of how they are supposed to behave.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Periodically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/periodically. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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