episodically

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for episodically
Adverb
  • What used to be a two-lane road will drop down to one lane during the week and occasionally on Saturdays as construction requires, according to airport leadership.
    Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 24 July 2025
  • Although adoptions do occasionally get nullified in real life, the adoptions in this drama have a nasty eugenics feel to them.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Adverb
  • Fittingly, the music is intense, darkly funny, frequently beautiful, absurd, sometimes frightening, belligerent, angry, crazy.
    Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2025
  • In North Carolina, light-polluted beaches sometimes cause turtles to return to the sea without laying eggs, the National Park Service says.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 26 July 2025
Adverb
  • Defender Phil Jones, who worked sporadically as a coach with United’s under-18s for free for 18 months, is set to leave to pursue a senior assistant role at another club.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 3 July 2025
  • While the mustachioed plumber and his brother became the face of the brand, Donkey Kong appears more sporadically — wavering occasionally between a hero and villain — and doesn’t even have a consistent lore.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025
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“Episodically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/episodically. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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