1
as in regularly
at regular intervals
New editions are released periodically.
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2
as in occasionally
on some occasions
Though he now lives across town, he still periodically visits the old diner.
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Recent Examples of periodically
More light rain fell periodically through the Bay Area on Monday, continuing a pattern that began Friday and ended a nearly month-long stretch without precipitation.
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Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
Bird flu has cropped up in Florida periodically since 2022.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
Since then, Tehran has periodically disclosed new underground missile sites and expanded its missile program, asserting that its arsenal includes long-range missiles capable of targeting much of the Middle East, including Israel.
—Amir Daftari, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Editor’s Note: This list is periodically updated with more stories related to Black History Month.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 31 Jan. 2025
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Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
Bird flu has cropped up in Florida periodically since 2022.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
Since then, Tehran has periodically disclosed new underground missile sites and expanded its missile program, asserting that its arsenal includes long-range missiles capable of targeting much of the Middle East, including Israel.
—Amir Daftari, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Editor’s Note: This list is periodically updated with more stories related to Black History Month.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for periodically
Adverb
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Football games still regularly out-rate anything else on TV during the year, with streaming services wanting a piece of the action.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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Ford regularly touts its American business, including in ad campaigns.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The pope occasionally uses a walker or wheelchair at public appearances.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Both teams are always there, though, and occasionally have exciting players.—
Eduardo Tansley,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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She was spotted at dinner with the Haim sisters in New Orleans leading up to the game, and they are frequently spotted with Swift.—
Ehsan Kassim,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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But Andrew DeYoung’s frequently hilarious ‘Friendship’ — which stretches its star’s comic schtick to multiplex dimensions.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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People rarely are presented as good or bad in certain clothes.—
Julian Randall,
Essence,
9 Feb. 2025
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Crowning a champion The Cup Series champion is the season’s big winner but rarely the winningest driver.—
Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Kansas, meanwhile, still seems like a team continuously searching for consistency.—
CJ Moore,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
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That gusher of findings will include new observations of exoplanets—or planets orbiting other stars; new surveys of the structure of the Milky Way; and new studies of dark energy, the mysterious, invisible force that causes the universe to expand continuously at an ever-accelerating rate.—
Jeffrey Kluger/Greenbelt,
TIME,
8 Feb. 2025
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Unfortunately, the movie seldom hides its seams for the physical work that’s beyond her capabilities.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2025
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The escalating tension of that final act is as shocking and violent and viciously cold as anything in Franco’s filmography, which has seldom shied away from stark depictions of human cruelty — whether intimate in scale, like After Lucia, or encompassing explosive societal conflict, like New Order.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Periodically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/periodically. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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