episodically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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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
“We’ve seen the wet extremes episodically and they’ve certainly been impactful, particularly in Southern California,” Anderson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
It follows the contrasts of the title, not by juxtaposing the battlefield and the ballroom episodically but rather by dividing them in two.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
Of the feathered spectators of the scene we have episodically glanced at, the most interested were those constant supervisors, the vultures.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various
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