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Synonyms & Antonyms for rarely
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Antonyms
frequently, oft, often, oftentimes (or ofttimes)
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Like a Jeep Wrangler, the Defender is built to withstand serious off-road use even though many buyers will rarely take it beyond the suburbs. — Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN, "Land Rover unveils all new version of its iconic Defender," 10 Sep. 2019 Silvera had just 484 plate appearances in nine seasons with the Yankees (1948-56) because Berra rarely took a day off. — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, "Charlie Silvera, San Francisco native and longtime Yankees backup catcher, dies at 94," 9 Sep. 2019 There’s also white-water rafting in Skagafjorour in the north (a part of Iceland that rarely gets explored), as well as visits to the lava labyrinths in Dimmuborgir. — Judy Koutsky, Condé Nast Traveler, "A Disney Trip to Iceland Had All the Best Parts of Disney, and None of the Theme Parks," 2 Sep. 2019 Koch Foods, which rings up $3.2 billion in annual profits, rarely takes a hard look at their documents. — oregonlive.com, "Life and death in Mississippi: Steve Duin," 14 Aug. 2019 Most teams rarely go beyond a 10-player rotation, if even that, and that still leaves seven others to fill in during injuries and other absences. — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, "ASK IRA: Is One Last Dance 2.0 on the way?," 10 Aug. 2019 In reality, police in Rhode Island have rarely taken action. — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, "Woonsocket tells motorists: pay up," 9 Aug. 2019 Both of the stars keep their kids’ lives off of social media, and rarely take them to public events. — Davetquinn, PEOPLE.com, "Sarah Michelle Gellar and Daughter Charlotte, 9, Take in Matinee of Broadway's Beetlejuice," 1 Aug. 2019 Movie-actor sympathy is QT’s obtuse version of humanism; his hipster notion of relationships rarely goes beyond clichéd cleverness. — Armond White, National Review, "Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood Is His Best Film," 26 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rarely.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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