more often than not

1. Also, often as not. Fairly frequently, more than or at least half the time, as in More often than not we'll have dinner in the den, or Dean and Chris agree on travel plans, often as not. [First half of 1900s]

Example Sentences

This sort of situation turns toxic far more often than not.

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It wasn’t my intent to be in it, but more often than not, documentaries neuter and make invisible the acts of their creation.

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They needed to know three things: that the correlation was statistically significant, that it persisted over time, and that it was profitable more often than not.

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In the aftermath of the St Pauli game, Bellingham found himself more often than not on the bench - though his decreasing playing time had nothing to do with his dad's confrontation with Kehl.

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Jansen has his doubters, but he continues to slam the door far more often than not.

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