now and again

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now and again

adverb

idiomatic, not comparable Synonym of occasionally, sometimes, intermittently. I still go swimming now and again, but not as often as when I was a child.
Similar: every now and again, every now and then, now and then, betweentimes, occasionally, sometimes, intermittently

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@misc{now_and_again_2026,
  title = {now and again},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/now%20and%20again},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}