occasionally
adverb
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Synonyms
here and there, now, now and then, sometimes
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The contagious disease primarily affects cattle, horses, mules, donkeys, swine and occasionally sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas. — Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, "Vesicular stomatitis confirmed in 32 Colorado counties," 31 Aug. 2019 South Alabama got the defensive effort â and occasionally the offense â to spring a massive upset of Nebraska on Saturday, but turnovers and special teams breakdowns conspired against the Jaguars. — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, "Second-half mistakes doom South Alabama upset bid at Nebraska in 35-21 loss," 31 Aug. 2019 Like all health care providers, VA occasionally experiences unexpected adverse outcomes in a small percentage of cases. — Anchorage Daily News, "How Veterans Affairs failed to stop a pathologist who misdiagnosed 3,000 cases," 30 Aug. 2019 Come late September and early October, the vista-obscuring haze from wildfires near and far that can occasionally affect the region during the summer has (hopefully) lifted for the year. — Justin Franz, Houston Chronicle, "Have Glacier National Park to yourself in the fall," 30 Aug. 2019 Only a quirk of Americaâs democratic systemânamely, that the Electoral College occasionally hands power to someone who doesnât receive the most votesâbrought him to the Oval Office. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "The Great Lie of the Right-Wing Populists," 30 Aug. 2019 Stripping away Zappaâs occasionally juvenile lyrics, the album situates his sound somewhere between Raymond Scott, Gil Evans, Les Paul and Stravinsky. — John Adamian, courant.com, "Dweezil Zappa paying tribute to fatherâs âHot Ratsâ at Infinity Hall," 30 Aug. 2019 This makes for a narrative that is occasionally muddy and ambiguous, as Jack issues instructions to Ashley with the benefit of hindsight that isnât quite 20/20. — Michael O'sullivan, Twin Cities, "Time-travel thriller âDonât Let Goâ kind of works, as long as you donât think too hard about it," 30 Aug. 2019 But Gavin Hoodâs earnest whistleblower drama does a stirring if occasionally didactic job of reminding us why speaking truth to power, even at the highest personal cost, still matters. — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, "Keira Knightley brings urgency to whistleblower drama Official Secrets," 29 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'occasionally.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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