How to Use as often as not in a Sentence
as often as not
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And as often as not, a lot of that gets tossed out the window.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
31 Oct. 2020
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And yet, almost as often as not, the rains do stop, not just for a day or two, but for several days on end.
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Jori Lewis,
Discover Magazine,
2 Nov. 2017
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The star, who famously doesn't use a stylist, has been pregnant (almost) as often as not for the past eight years.
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Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
27 Sep. 2022
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The best way to do that is to skip the commercial flights, packed with people as often as not already in party mode, and book a seat instead on an Aero jet.
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Duncan Madden,
Forbes,
9 June 2022
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Their home fans seemed exasperated with them as often as not.
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Childs Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Jan. 2023
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Nearly every key defensive lineman from 2022 is back this spring, but Hickbottom has been part of the first group as often as not during the early days of practice.
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Creg Stephenson | [email protected],
al,
23 Mar. 2023
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Ledecky collected another four gold medals in Rio five years ago and has 15 more from four biennial global championships and as often as not there has been a world record to go along with them.
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BostonGlobe.com,
29 July 2021
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Every sport has its enigmatic geniuses, players of supreme natural talent whose volatile nature as often as not trips them up.
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Chris Wheatley,
Longreads,
31 Jan. 2023
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The movie format where a character beloved by kids becomes a CGI creature, who is then plugged into a live-action universe, is one of the most casually technically astonishing of all popcorn genres — and, as often as not, one of the most stunted.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2022
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The relationship between the growth rate of M2 and inflation has been extremely weak; as often as not negative, rather than positive; and most often not statistically significant.
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WSJ,
21 July 2022
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