HERE AND THERE Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

here and there

adverb

Definition of here and there

as in everywhere

in one place and another an overgrown lawn with yellow patches of dandelions scattered here and there

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Relevance

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nowhere

as in sometimes

on some occasions she spoke so softly that I only caught a word here and there

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Recent Examples of here and there Sometimes when a team goes 11-7 in a game, the result is three lines playing more, with the two extras getting a shift here and there. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2026 Over the years, the Raiders have nipped the Chiefs here and there, which is typical across divisional play. — Pete Sweeney october 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026 That might be the unofficial motto of the USC Trojans football program since the end of the Pete Carroll era, though with some slight tweaks here and there. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2026 Maybe in little dribs or drabs here and there, but as some oddity on the margins of Silicon Valley society. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for here and there

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Adverb

Best Buy’s iPhone Duo Preorder Deals Like everywhere else, preorders for the iPhone Duo at Best Buy are also now live.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
But in fashion, demand often peaks much earlier, when a piece is new, in season or suddenly everywhere because a creator wore it.

— Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of everywhere

Adverb

The overtime is sometimes related to one-on-one care for psychiatric patients who might be suicidal or in danger of harming other patients or staff members.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Before Americans got used to mortgage rates below 5 percent, sometimes even below 3 percent, rates were consistently well above 7 percent for decades, from the 1970s through the 1990s.

— Julie Z. Weil, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of sometimes

Adverb

In Lyon, France's third-largest city where about 20,000 protesters joined the march, a fire broke out inside a tourist office.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
The incident occurred along the 3700 block of Gardenia Avenue, where police received a call about two shots being fired in a nearby residence, Long Beach Police said in a statement.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of about

Adverb

Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Elon and all the major players that are kind of governing and holding the reins of this new technology, or occasionally losing the reins of this new technology.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Each fall, Earth crosses different parts of this sprawling debris stream, producing the overlapping Northern and Southern Taurids and, occasionally, the larger fragments that create spectacular fireballs.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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