intermittently
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Surging gold prices and intermittently high volumes have significantly increased the country’s import bill, but tariffs aren’t going to make much of a difference.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Recipients of these benefits in turn regularly have their finances reevaluated, and are also intermittently examined by medical and vocational experts, to determine whether their payments will continue.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
On a cold and intermittently rainy night in San Francisco, the Dodgers’ bats were cold, and most productive when not used.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
"Our study suggests using them intermittently, then activating suction at intervals, might be better. That's because mosquitoes don't tend to stick around their target when both clues aren't used at the same time."
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
The police were shadows who appeared intermittently at my bedside to ask me questions I had to struggle to understand.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
Vocabulary lists containing intermittently
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