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occasionally(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
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on occasion(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
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sometimes(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
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every once in a while(expression, idiom, time, moment, regular)
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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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off and on(expression, idiom, adverb, time, moment)
6
every now and then(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
5
at intervals(expression, adverb, time, rare, vacillating)
5
betweentimes(expression, time, moment, rare, frequency)
5
frequently(adverb, throughout, occasionally, passim)
5
intermittently(expression, adverb, time, rare, vacillating)
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once again
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ever and again(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
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on and off(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
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time
3
here and there(expression, adjective, idiom, adverb, time)
3
periodic(expression, adjective, time, regular, rare)
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