intermittently

adverb

as in periodically

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Recent Examples of intermittently The administration has also intermittently pressured Ukraine to cave in its war of survival against Russian aggression. — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026 Both robots had equal-power motors, with one providing steady, continuous motion in the rigid legs and the other intermittently storing energy and releasing it in snaps. — New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026 But batteries also run intermittently, so the ComEd service area can count only about 8 gigawatts of its battery capacity as baseload, or round-the-clock, power, according to the report. — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 Asking viewers to contemplate childhood pain while monitoring digestion requires two kinds of attention that Duffield only intermittently brings together. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026 Since December 2024, an eruption has been intermittently active within Halema'uma'u crater at the summit. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Crews will close the highway shoulder during the day and intermittently close I-25 off-ramps to northbound I-225 at night. — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2026 Parker’s hair was gathered into an enormous, layered, fishtail braid that starts high on the back of her head with a bow, its ends interlaced intermittently with the incredibly thick folds of the plaits. — Marci Robin, Allure, 2 Oct. 2026 But according to Erika, his heart continued to beat intermittently, creating a cruel window of hope. — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermittently
  1. periodically
  2. occasionally
  3. sometimes
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  • After a dietary supplement goes to market, the FDA periodically inspects its manufacturing facilities and collects and tests some products.
    — Andrew Yockey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The landscape is dry and largely treeless, with canyons and volcanic monoliths periodically interrupting the otherwise unending steppe.
    — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of periodically
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  • On his latest, Young’s major-key meditations on love and alienation are as winsome as a bay breeze, if occasionally as insubstantial.
    — Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The candidate, whose relishing of combative interviews and debates verges occasionally on smugness, was slated to potentially appear on 60 Minutes before the November election, people familiar with the planning said.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of occasionally
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  • 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
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“Intermittently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermittently. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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