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
As noted by the IRS, under the user agreement, the rewards were periodically deposited to the taxpayer’s account (following any applicable lockup or waiting period).
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Timothy M. Todd, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
They're stocked periodically through February to ensure good fishing.
—Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 30 Dec. 2024
After introducing the tracers at specific locations, the study area is periodically sampled to detect and quantify the tracers' distribution, providing insights into sediment movement over time.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
We are engaged in church ministries and social groups that meet for dinner periodically.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2024
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Timothy M. Todd, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
They're stocked periodically through February to ensure good fishing.
—Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 30 Dec. 2024
After introducing the tracers at specific locations, the study area is periodically sampled to detect and quantify the tracers' distribution, providing insights into sediment movement over time.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
We are engaged in church ministries and social groups that meet for dinner periodically.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for periodically
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He’s got extremely quick hands that give him legitimate one-on-one skill and regularly flashes in dangling sequences inside the offensive zone.Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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This list is regularly updated as movies rotate on and off of Prime Video.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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The film shows the occasionally disputatious relationship between Marvin and her grandparents, who raised her.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2025
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During the first Trump term, an activist young tech work force occasionally took to the barricades to protest government policies and pressure reforms from their employers.Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 11 Jan. 2025
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Congressional Republicans have frequently criticized the watchdog agency.Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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The evacuation impacted the Vice President's residence in Brentwood, a neighborhood Harris and Emhoff have frequently returned to.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The problem is that overachievers are rarely the ones who push back.Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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That said, Drew earned just one All-Star during his career and rarely reached his ceiling.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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The researchers think the site was continuously occupied from the early Roman period (around the first century C.E.) until the end of the Byzantine period (in the late sixth century C.E.).Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
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Living standards fall continuously, millennials are screwed (never mind the following generations).Marlene Engelhorn, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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So does another Carter creation, seldom recognized by the people.K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2025
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In tallying up the casualties of war, there’s seldom a thought for the animal kingdom beyond our own two-legged species.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Periodically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/periodically. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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