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
It’s disturbing at times, yet sweet at others, and comic as often as not.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2024
In tests, the A.I.-generated content the D.N.C. has used has, as often as not, performed as well or better than copy drafted entirely by humans, in terms of generating engagement and donations.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023
As often as not, that also meant not going where he was not wanted.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2022
It means, as often as not, that someone actually went up to one of his peers and pressured him.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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