often as not
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Kiarostami isn’t one to judge his subjects—who, often as not, are just ordinary people.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
DOWNEY: The way Chris wrote it was meant to be, as often as not, Oppenheimer’s subjective experience.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023
By then he had jettisoned his first name: The English, he discovered, were flummoxed by the guttural consonant of “Chaim” and pronounced his name “Shame” as often as not.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023
And when Black films come back, as often as not the story is, "Black films are back."
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2022
But now, often as not, one of the boys would be in khaki.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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