once or twice
idiom
: one or two times : a very few times
We've eaten at that restaurant once or twice.
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Some are repeat visitors, others come once or twice.
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Kimberly Winston, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
Choose your delivery schedule (once or twice weekly) and number of meals (at least four per week).
—Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 4 Sep. 2024
But Lee perseveres, convincing him to accompany him to South America, covering all costs and bargaining for intimacy once or twice a week.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024
New episodes usually drop once or twice a week; listenership for each usually numbers in the thousands.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2024
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Kimberly Winston, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
Choose your delivery schedule (once or twice weekly) and number of meals (at least four per week).
—Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 4 Sep. 2024
But Lee perseveres, convincing him to accompany him to South America, covering all costs and bargaining for intimacy once or twice a week.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024
New episodes usually drop once or twice a week; listenership for each usually numbers in the thousands.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2024
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