once or twice

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: one or two times : a very few times

We've eaten at that restaurant once or twice.

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These scammers typically let your phone ring once or twice before hanging up, hoping to pique your curiosity and prompt a callback. —

Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025 Food is also given away once or twice per year via The Big Food Truck, a semi's worth of groceries provided by the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. —

Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 Spoon cooking juices over chicken and potatoes once or twice during cooking. —

Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024 Hanging That Offers Rich Texture to Your Space The odds are good that this oversized macrame wall hanging has popped up at least once or twice in your feed. —

Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for once or twice

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