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from time to time

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. occasionally, on occasion, once in a while, now and then, now and again, at times, from time to timeadverb

    now and then or here and there

    "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention"

Wiktionary

  1. from time to timeadverb

    Occasionally; sometimes; once in a while.

  2. from time to timeadverb

    Continuously from one time to another; at all times, constantly.

ChatGPT

  1. from time to time

    The phrase "from time to time" generally means occasionally, not consistently, or at irregular intervals. It is used to indicate that something happens or is done not constantly or continuously but intermittently, now and then or from one period to another.

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  1. from time to time

    Read the full text of the From time to time poem by Matsuo Basho on the Poetry.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of from time to time in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of from time to time in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of from time to time in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Dobbs:

    This is a real tragedy and speaks to the importance of us preventing transmission, although severe outcomes in children are rare, when we have a whole lot of transmission we have a lot of cases we are unfortunately going to see this type of tragedy from time to time.

  2. Arun Chandrasekaran:

    Blind trust in these solutions is as dangerous as complete lack of faith in the effectiveness of it, generative AI solutions can also make up facts or present inaccurate information from time to time – and organizations need to be prepared to mitigate this negative impact.

  3. Julie Bishop:

    While we stand up for our values and our interests and our policies and we can disagree with friends from time-to-time, most certainly the relationship is strong and we discussed ways on how we could cooperate further.

  4. Paul Barrett:

    Instead of just feeding on mushy ferns or low-growing horsetails, it means they might have been much more important in munching tough plants like conifers or cycads, which suggests they may have been feeding on quite different things, maybe living in different environments from time to time, and even potentially acting as vectors for moving seeds and fruits around for those different types of plants.

  5. Hunter Handsfield:

    Spotting between periods and spotting after sex is high risk of an inflamed cervix due to STDs, many women have symptoms like this from time to time anyway, so it's a bit frustrating, but you'll know if that is abnormal for you.


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  • občas, čas od časuCzech
  • fra tid til anden, nu og daDanish
  • von Zeit zu ZeitGerman
  • από καιρού εις καιρόν, από καιρό σε καιρόGreek
  • de tempo al tempoEsperanto
  • de vez en cuandoSpanish
  • گهگاه, هر چند وقت یک بار, گاه به گاه, هر از گاهیPersian
  • silloin tällöin, aika ajoin, ajoittain, toisinaanFinnish
  • de temps en tempsFrench
  • לעיתיםHebrew
  • di quando in quando, di tanto in tanto, ogni tantoItalian
  • 時々Japanese
  • nå og da, fra tid til annen, av og tilNorwegian
  • van tijd tot tijdDutch
  • av og til, nå og då, frå tid til annanNorwegian Nynorsk
  • od czasu do czasuPolish
  • de vez em quandoPortuguese
  • din când în cândRomanian
  • время от времени, временами, поройRussian
  • s vremena na vreme, с времена на време, časomiceSerbo-Croatian
  • då och då, stundomSwedish
  • pana-panahon, paminsan-minsanTagalog
  • zaman zamanTurkish

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