more often than not

Idioms  

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]

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more often than not

"If I still wanted it, I would buy it, but more often than not I'd find the urge had gone," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

It’s not always choice, but more often than not, a project comes along that I’ll read and there’ll be a number of things.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Researchers have found that, more often than not, the end-of-summer blues lead to stock market weakness.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

And more often than not, they were misfits on their former teams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

They eat breakfast then and, more often than not, fall asleep.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

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