seldom
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His events are small and seldom announced in advance.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Olivier Rioux, who is 7-foot-9 yet seldom played at Florida, has committed to UC Irvine, he announced on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Critics, seldom experts in interlinguistic transfer, will complain of translation’s infidelity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
But Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson suggests a lot of these concerns are already baked into today’s market price, which is why it seldom pays to wait too long to get involved.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
By contrast, the younger man, said the judge, was “lean, Cassius-like, and copper-colored, he seldom smiled....All he asked of life was an open field and a fair chance. He was strictly business.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Vocabulary lists containing seldom
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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