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often

[aw-fuhn, of-uhn, awf-tuhn, of-] / ˈɔ fən, ˈɒf ən, ˈɔf tən, ˈɒf- /


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These are often people whose student, work or tourist visas have expired, rather than those who have just arrived in the country on small boats or through other illegal routes.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Leaning on its workhorse Falcon 9 rockets, SpaceX launches more often than its competitors in the U.S. and elsewhere, giving it a dominant position in launch services that no rival has matched.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The flip side is that Nvidia is now cheaper than it often is.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Add the “well-documented pattern” of markets often falling 10% or more during the appointment of a new Fed chair, “and 2026 is delivering both events in a single year,” they noted.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Radio was Haarlem’s eyes and ears and very pulse-rate, for after that first night, although we often heard planes overhead, the bombing never came so close again.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom