3
time
2
intermittently(expression, adverb, time, rare, frequency)
2
periodically(expression, adverb, time, rare, frequency)
1
alternately(adverb, vacillating, uncertainly, intermittently, variably)
1
at irregular intervals(expression, idiom, adverb, uncertainly, variably)
1
at one time(expression, idiom, once, hitherto, sometime)
1
away back(expression, once, hitherto, sometime, erewhile)
1
back when(expression, once, hitherto, sometime, erewhile)
1
but once(expression, once, hitherto, sometime, erewhile)
1
in the old days(expression, idiom, once, hitherto, sometime)
1
in the olden days(expression, idiom, once, hitherto, sometime)
1
in times gone by(expression, idiom, once, hitherto, sometime)
1
in times past(expression, idiom, once, hitherto, sometime)
1
long ago(expression, once, hitherto, sometime, erewhile)
1
not often(expression, adverb, unusually, intermittently, occasionally)
1
now then(expression, adverb, uncertainly, intermittently, occasionally)
1
occasion
1
on one occasion(expression, idiom, once, hitherto, sometime)
1
once only(expression, once, hitherto, sometime, erewhile)
1
once upon a time(expression, idiom, once, hitherto, sometime)
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