as in occasionally
on some occasions
sometimes I like to go skiing, and sometimes I prefer to stay inside where it's warm
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Recent Examples of sometimes
Leaders in banking, telecoms and retail are deploying dozens of agents, and sometimes hundreds.
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Calum Chace, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
The report concludes that federal prison officials violated their own rules, shackling prisoners to beds and chairs for hours — or even days — sometimes using restraints on both wrists and ankles.
—Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 14 July 2025
The combination of limited production capacity and expensive weapons sometimes constrained the government’s options.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Driftwood logs pile up along the shore like a sculptural installation, and gray whales are sometimes visible from land in the spring.
—AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
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Calum Chace, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
The report concludes that federal prison officials violated their own rules, shackling prisoners to beds and chairs for hours — or even days — sometimes using restraints on both wrists and ankles.
—Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 14 July 2025
The combination of limited production capacity and expensive weapons sometimes constrained the government’s options.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Driftwood logs pile up along the shore like a sculptural installation, and gray whales are sometimes visible from land in the spring.
—AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sometimes
Adverb
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What used to be a two-lane road will drop down to one lane during the week and occasionally on Saturdays as construction requires, according to airport leadership.—
Hadley Hitson,
The Tennessean,
24 July 2025
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Although adoptions do occasionally get nullified in real life, the adoptions in this drama have a nasty eugenics feel to them.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
Adverb
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Molly is now a part of the very same group, the Florida Junior Thespians, that Drew was a member of as a teenager.—
Rebecca Angel Baer,
Southern Living,
2 Aug. 2025
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But amid the nightmare of now, there’s an almost uncanny, delighted sense of watching a comedian who is just the right guy for this exact moment.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Sometimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sometimes. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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