off and on

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Recent Examples of off and on Tariffs have been used by the U.S. government off and on since the late 1700s. Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2025 Patchy, blowing snow could continue off and on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2025 Add in overlapping affairs with Joan Baez (Monica Barbaro) and radical activist Sylvie Russo (Elle Fanning’s take on the real-life Suze Rotolo), the singular artist finds himself at multiple crossroads off and on the stage, culminating in his genre-defining decision to go electric. Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025 However, just as with the NSA advice for smartphone users to turn it off and on again, a single piece of advice is never going to be enough to provide anything more than surface-level protection. Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for off and on
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Adverb
  • Johns takes another early round loss, and seems content to play singles only sporadically in 2025.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • After that, it was used sporadically over the years for an array of warehouse operations.
    George Avalos, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • The Department of Education’s National Assessment of Educational Progress periodically evaluates 12th-grade students in a variety of subjects.
    Richard Lorenc, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Disclaimer: Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Leicester are an oddball side, defensive in shape but rarely defending well.
    Carl Anka, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Many are stunned by the Trump administration’s interest in its politics, which rarely garners international attention.
    Daniel Wine, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Certain Evergreens Evergreens seldom need to be pruned other than to remove branches that are broken or a potential safety hazard.
    Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The fearmongering from the fake news media and globalist zealots who espouse free markets but have seldom experienced one miss the mark on why President Trump is fighting for American manufacturing workers.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025

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