rarely/seldom ever

idiom

: almost never : rarely

We seldom ever dine out these days.

She rarely ever drinks wine.

Note: Some people regard rarely ever and seldom ever as incorrect, but these phrases are common in speech and in informal writing.

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None made it onto the Ways and Means Committee, the powerful tax policy panel to which freshmen are rarely ever appointed. —

Andrew Solender, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024 Some hashtags used in posts from the network contained hashtags rarely ever posted by human users. —

Kevin Collier, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024 After all, the rest of Judgment Day, outside of Liv Morgan, is largely booked like a group of losers, with McDonagh, Carlito and Domink Mysterio rarely ever winning singles matches. —

Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024 Meanwhile, Lopez confirmed in 2003 that Combs had been unfaithful to her during their relationship, but has rarely ever spoken of him since. —

Conor Murray, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rarely/seldom ever

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