rarely
Example Sentences
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Rarely does anyone consider it a serious cooking ingredient.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Rarely has a writer exhibited such an innate strength of character.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Rarely have the possible outcomes for the economy been so dramatically divergent as those laid out by Lazar and Weinberg.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
Rarely used in jewelry, the dark navy of sodalite adds an unexpected layer of depth to Color Blossom’s existing luminous gemstone lineup.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
Rarely, though, genetic material can cross from one organism to another—not between parent and child, but between two unrelated strangers.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing rarely
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Academic Vocabulary: Core Tier 2 Words, List 9
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Rosetta Stone's Essential Academic Vocabulary: Lesson 17
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