seldom
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Seldom does an institution’s form so happily capture its character.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney credited Crowley with directing the film with a "tender yet truthful touch", adding: "Seldom has such an unflinchingly honest take on mortality felt so transcendently life-affirming."
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024
"Seldom in the history of U.S. antitrust law has one case had the potential to do so much good for so many people," noted John Newman, deputy director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition.
From Salon • Sep. 26, 2023
Seldom is heard a discouraging word, at least about the home team.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023
Seldom is any mention made of an operation which is non- associative, so the definition seems unnecessary at best.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing seldom
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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