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
Kate most frequently turns to the Lover's Knot tiara (sometimes known as the Cambridge Lover's Knot) for her most formal occasions.
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Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
So that opens the evening and paints a picture of how out of control things can feel sometimes.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2026
Jones was a sometimes violent alcoholic, and Wynette developed a lifelong addiction to painkillers after a botched hysterectomy.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026
The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation does the inspections, sometimes directed by complaints from customers.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
So that opens the evening and paints a picture of how out of control things can feel sometimes.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2026
Jones was a sometimes violent alcoholic, and Wynette developed a lifelong addiction to painkillers after a botched hysterectomy.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026
The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation does the inspections, sometimes directed by complaints from customers.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sometimes
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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
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Jacas now joins fellow edge defenders Harold Landry, Dre’Mont Jones, Elijah Ponder, Bradyn Swinson and Jesse Luketa on the team’s depth chart.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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On October 10, 1957, a raging inferno swept through the core of Unit 1 nuclear reactor at Windscale, Cumberland (now Sellafield, Cumbria) for three days.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Sometimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sometimes. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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