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from time to time(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
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every once in a while(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
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sometimes(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
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every so often(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
6
once in a while(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
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now and again(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
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now and then(expression, idiom, adverb, time, moment)
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occasionally(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
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once again
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once and again(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
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on and off(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
2
irregularly(adverb, rarely, infrequently, intermittently, occasionally)
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hardly(adverb, rarely, infrequently, intermittently, occasionally)
1
not often(adverb, rarely, infrequently, intermittently, occasionally)
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once in a blue moon(adverb, rarely, infrequently, intermittently, occasionally)
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ever so often(adverb, occasionally)
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fancifully
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once in awhile(adjective, adverb)
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quirkily
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seldom(adverb, infrequently)
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