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Recent Examples of intermittently
Other possibilities include faulty wheel speed sensors or a brake pedal switch that’s intermittently failing.
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Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Water District General Manager Erica Wolski said roads on Wildcat Canyon and San Vicente will have lane closures intermittently during the project.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
The system's radar had trouble distinguishing the fire truck and the other vehicles, and the radar targets intermittently merged on the display.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
This setting will run the fan intermittently to maintain balanced temperatures, reducing energy waste from constant operation.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 22 Apr. 2026
Say your engine has an oil leak, the A/C fan belt squeaks intermittently, and the two front tires are close to bald.
—Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
This followed a week of wild spring weather around the KC metro, which saw a couple of tornados and intermittently heavy wind and rain through Friday.
—The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2026
The discoloration would continue intermittently — usually after exercise — and in 2022, Lim asked for a bladder test.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
A student seated next to me laughed intermittently during Vance’s remarks.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Water District General Manager Erica Wolski said roads on Wildcat Canyon and San Vicente will have lane closures intermittently during the project.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
The system's radar had trouble distinguishing the fire truck and the other vehicles, and the radar targets intermittently merged on the display.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
This setting will run the fan intermittently to maintain balanced temperatures, reducing energy waste from constant operation.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 22 Apr. 2026
Say your engine has an oil leak, the A/C fan belt squeaks intermittently, and the two front tires are close to bald.
—Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
This followed a week of wild spring weather around the KC metro, which saw a couple of tornados and intermittently heavy wind and rain through Friday.
—The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2026
The discoloration would continue intermittently — usually after exercise — and in 2022, Lim asked for a bladder test.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
A student seated next to me laughed intermittently during Vance’s remarks.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermittently
Adverb
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The staff manning the cart periodically struck the metal tops of the bottles of Clase Azul, a flourish that caused a few jumps among the more skittish attendees.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
26 Apr. 2026
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Shake the mixture and then spray it periodically on the lower leaves and stems of your garden plants.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
25 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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So could Aaron Judge, as Boone has occasionally gotten the right fielder off his feet when Stanton has been injured in the past.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Similar forces have led to ads that subtly clutter up Apple’s App Stores and some that occasionally expose users to low-quality and scammy apps.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Nataliia and Valerii sometimes went days without seeing each other.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Ibogaine is known to sometimes cause dangerous heart rhythms but has been embraced by combat veterans as a way to treat trauma and addiction.—
Matthew Perrone,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Intermittently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermittently. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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