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
She would send me her preliminary entries for a letter of the alphabet, in non-alphabetical order, mind you, and I would send her some sketches or, as often as not, a finished piece.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2024
But that unit has been allowing goals in multiples as often as not the past few weeks.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
And when Black films come back, as often as not the story is, "Black films are back."
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2022
In close quarters, relationships count so heavily that to say something has no relationship in Chinese — mei guanxi — is to mean, often as not, it doesn’t matter.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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