most of the time

idiom

: on most occasions : usually
Sometimes I go out for lunch, but most of the time I bring my own lunch to work.

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Recent Examples on the Web But most of the time these kind of crashes, or when somebody crashes and dies, they get endlessly shown. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 17 May 2024 Five years have passed since, and Shivani remains bedridden most of the time. TIME, 16 May 2024 The retailer is also asking remote workers to return to the office most of the time, and cutting hundreds of corporate jobs. Diane Brady, Fortune, 14 May 2024 In theory, this means that the results should reflect the views of the overall population most of the time, though many other challenges create additional sources of error. Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 14 May 2024 Whenever the Padres have hit a dead end — which has happened most of the time — there has been a way out on Tony Gwynn Drive. Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024 However, most of the time these levels are too low to result in any health problems. David Cox, WIRED, 9 May 2024 For most of the time that Hicks was testifying, Trump was sitting in his now customary position at the defense table, slumped in his chair, eyes closed, seemingly semiconscious. Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024 And while that was fun most of the time, one particular day turned dangerous for Cameron Bure, who played DJ Tanner. Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2024

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“Most of the time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/most%20of%20the%20time. Accessed 23 May. 2024.

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