12
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9
sometimes(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
8
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7
every once in a while(expression, idiom, adverb, time, moment)
7
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7
now and then(expression, idiom, adverb, time, moment)
7
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5
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5
once again
5
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4
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4
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4
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4
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4
once in a while(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
3
alternately(adverb, variable, vacillating, intermittent, uncertainly)
3
irregularly(adverb, intermittently)
3
variably(adverb, uncertainly, intermittently, alternately, on-and-off)
2
at irregular intervals(expression, idiom, variable, vacillating, intermittent)
2
back and forth(expression, idiom, variably, alternately)
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