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For the better part of two centuries, the Easy Chair—the oldest column in American journalism—has as often as not been a source of grief for its occupants.
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Christopher Carroll, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The show is a polite tiptoe along a cliff, a trek across a field of eggshells that as often as not are strewn atop landmines.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
These days, that role falls as often as not to former Pioneer Press theater critic Dominic Papatola, humorists Kevin Kling and Tane Danger, and radio personality Sheletta Brundidge.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2024
The margins of the business are high enough that exporters can be unsuccessful as often as not and still reap giant profits.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Christopher Carroll, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The show is a polite tiptoe along a cliff, a trek across a field of eggshells that as often as not are strewn atop landmines.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
These days, that role falls as often as not to former Pioneer Press theater critic Dominic Papatola, humorists Kevin Kling and Tane Danger, and radio personality Sheletta Brundidge.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2024
The margins of the business are high enough that exporters can be unsuccessful as often as not and still reap giant profits.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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“As often as not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20often%20as%20not. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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