as often as not

idiom

: very often
She arrived home from work late, as often as not.

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The margins of the business are high enough that exporters can be unsuccessful as often as not and still reap giant profits. Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024 But as often as not in the last fifteen years, the Dog Day bracket has produced a Best Picture nominee. Michael Cieply, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2024 For Nunez, memory is a less capacious mental mechanism than the imagination, one that, as often as not, Nunez has used to describe the private lives animals share with their people. Wyatt Mason, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2023 When the United States pushes on one door, as often as not another door opens. Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2020 See all Example Sentences for as often as not 

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“As often as not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20often%20as%20not. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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