as in often
many times
as I have oft said, you need to look before you leap
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Recent Examples of oft
There is a story about Margaret Thatcher, oft told.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Jan. 2025
McCrimmon the deal maker, Cassidy and his staff, and oft overlooked but critical is Kerry Bubolz, the team president.
—Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
While Christmas rom-coms have oft been restricted to the hetero realm, the past few years have seen more LGBTQ+ Yuletide movies across Hallmark, Lifetime, and streaming.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
For example, Pooh is shown attempting to get honey while the oft depressed Eeore mopes in his tent.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Jan. 2025
McCrimmon the deal maker, Cassidy and his staff, and oft overlooked but critical is Kerry Bubolz, the team president.
—Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
While Christmas rom-coms have oft been restricted to the hetero realm, the past few years have seen more LGBTQ+ Yuletide movies across Hallmark, Lifetime, and streaming.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
For example, Pooh is shown attempting to get honey while the oft depressed Eeore mopes in his tent.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oft
Adverb
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Too often, even luxury hotels contribute to that feeling—offering flashy opulence but leaving little room for true rest, connection, or meaning.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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This was despite the fact that women’s Grand Slam finals often have higher viewership numbers than the men’s finals do.—
Gavriella Epstein-Lightman,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Yet the frequently stunning Music is still, in its way, telling a story suited to its times.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
21 Mar. 2025
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Player Endorsements And Commercials March Madness frequently serves as a catalyst for college basketball players in both the men’s and women’s tournaments to raise their profile through unexpected team runs and impressive individual performances.—
Joe Sabin,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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And we are constantly led to believe, in literature, art, music, films that if you are notloved in a certain way, you’re not really loved.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2025
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Part of Accutane’s job is to keep your skin cells constantly turning over.—
Jessica Kasparian,
SELF,
18 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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The officers bumble around for answers, clueless and repeatedly dunked on by students until Bascombe’s son, Adam (Amari Bacchus), finally pulls him aside.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Since the mid-Nineties, he’s repeatedly reinvented R&B, hip-hop, and pop, lacing classics by the likes of Aaliyah, Justin Timberlake, and Jay-Z with skittering beats, future-shock synths, and his outrageous ear for samples and hooks.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Oft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oft. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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