at regular intervals
idiom
1
: at times that are equally separated : with the same amount of time between occurrences
The buses run from 4 a.m. to midnight at regular intervals.
2
: with an equal amount of space between each
The boards are placed at regular intervals.
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To ensure users don’t get attached, the app prompts users to take a break from the conversation at regular intervals (but won’t cut them off if the user wants to keep talking) and varies the types of interactions users are having with it.
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Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
At the 1964 New York World's Fair, a fusion experiment was the centerpiece of the General Electric Pavilion, where attempts were made to fuse atoms at regular intervals for the public.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2025
The throwback nature of the enterprise is further augmented by the element that makes Pluto TV a free service: commercial advertisements, inserted during existing break spots for the service’s copious television offerings, and at regular intervals for movies.
—Jason Bailey, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Others are essentially display cases, safes to prevent theft, or specialized devices that do things like rotate watches with automatic movements at regular intervals to keep them wound.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 22 Jan. 2025
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Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
At the 1964 New York World's Fair, a fusion experiment was the centerpiece of the General Electric Pavilion, where attempts were made to fuse atoms at regular intervals for the public.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2025
The throwback nature of the enterprise is further augmented by the element that makes Pluto TV a free service: commercial advertisements, inserted during existing break spots for the service’s copious television offerings, and at regular intervals for movies.
—Jason Bailey, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Others are essentially display cases, safes to prevent theft, or specialized devices that do things like rotate watches with automatic movements at regular intervals to keep them wound.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 22 Jan. 2025
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“At regular intervals.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20regular%20intervals. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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