as in occasionally
on some occasions
sometimes I like to go skiing, and sometimes I prefer to stay inside where it's warm
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Pike usually have four or five (but sometimes six) of these sensory pores.
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The head must be high, the feet body-width apart, sometimes with one rear hoof slightly behind the other.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
The head must be high, the feet body-width apart, sometimes with one rear hoof slightly behind the other.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2025
Even the best athletes bend the rules sometimes—which is pretty much what happened on Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce‘s Super Bowl date.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 8 Feb. 2025
However, the affectionate gesture can sometimes be unsafe.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Sometimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sometimes. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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