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[ adverb ] now and then or here and there

Examples

"he was arrogant and occasionally callous" "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees" "they visit New York on occasion" "now and again she would take her favorite book and read to us"

Used in print

(The Providence Journal...)

But it strikes sparks on_occasion and their light causes all else to be forgotten .

(John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)

If it failed on_occasion to elect its candidates for general state offices by majorities , the failure was due_to a lingering remnant of the Know-Nothing party , which called itself the American Republican_party .

Related terms

occasional occasional

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