as in intermittently
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Adverb
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Our boss, who had been whisked off the House floor to a secure location, was only intermittently reachable.—
Zach Fisch, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
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For drivers, eastbound Lake Street between State and Wabash will be intermittently closed during non-peak hours.—
Adverb
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The resulting hodge-podge proves only fitfully compelling.—
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The orchestra seemed only fitfully engaged with Dudamel’s direction—a warning sign amid hoopla.—
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According to Concord police, Joyce Richardson called 911 on New Year’s Eve and reported her son had knocked her and her husband over and was behaving unpredictably.—
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This phase is when estrogen and progesterone start to fluctuate unpredictably.—
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The following week – fortuitously a bye week for the Knights – Curtis had his first chemo treatment at the Mayo Clinic.—
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But their next drive started fortuitously, when Nix seemingly overthrew a receiver only for the ball to fall into the hands of an awaiting Marvin Mims for a 29-yard gain.—
Adverb
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That was a privilege to have that much time to process something, almost unconsciously but also consciously.—
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What art aims for consciously or unconsciously—that boundary between mystery and what can be known, between the hidden and what can be seen.—
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Though Garfield is attending the RNC reluctantly to give a speech in support of his friend, Congressman James Blaine (Bradley Whitford), for the presidency, his rousing oration inadvertently earns him the nomination.—
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Historically, local shrimp fishers accidentally caught the small porpoises in gill nets, inadvertently killing them.—
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Bode will play Greta Mills, Ro’s smart, witty and ambitious research partner who unwittingly becomes entangled in the film’s violent conflict.—
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Well-meaning people who try to control another person’s grief may misunderstand that grief is a singular experience or may be unwittingly trying to assuage their own discomfort.—
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Gutters and vents can also unintentionally guide mice inside.—
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Therapists have long seen how the human drive to avoid pain can unintentionally strengthen it.—
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“Spottily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spottily. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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