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
As often as not, he said, it leads to “a dark existential uncertainty about what makes people tick.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 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
As often as not, they ate in silence.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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