episodically
Americanadverb
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In some cases, the profile of a musician or teacher is spread out episodically over many chapters like a recurring musical theme.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
Detailed modeling points to at least two separate ejection events, months apart -- clear evidence that black holes can episodically "reawaken" after periods of apparent inactivity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025
Much of "Call Me Chihiro" unfolds episodically, with the action mainly consisting of the characters meeting, eating and talking.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2023
Eliminating the leap second is seen a way of preserving adherence to U.T.C. by making it a continuous time scale rather than one that is episodically interrupted.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2022
Thucydides mentions one of them episodically in the Peloponesian war.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various
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