How to Use most of the time in a Sentence
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But most of the time the question is, can it be changed?
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Demetrius Patterson,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 June 2023
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For most people, most of the time, the conflict was out of sight and out of mind.
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Aluf Benn,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Feb. 2024
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For most of the time, the spacecraft is just coasting through space.
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Kenneth Chang,
New York Times,
26 July 2023
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The Link 2 sells for $100 most of the time, so don't pay as much for the original Link.
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Scott Gilbertson,
WIRED,
19 Mar. 2024
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At lunch, Dad kept his eyes cast downward for most of the time.
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Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2024
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What those observers don’t talk about, most of the time, is South Asian art.
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Karen K. Ho,
ARTnews.com,
24 June 2024
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But most of the time moose are shy and elusive critters.
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Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
10 Aug. 2023
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To the best wife, mummy & drinking partner (most of the time).
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Ingrid Vasquez,
Peoplemag,
15 Dec. 2023
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So the foot is designed to land on the forefoot when running, at least most of the time.
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Laura Lancaster,
Outdoor Life,
11 Apr. 2024
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And most of the time, the medication plus long pants and sleeves and a hat keep him safe.
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Lisa Sanders, M.d.,
New York Times,
6 July 2023
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Belle lives 18 miles down I-80, a manageable drive most of the time.
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St. John Barned-Smith,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Mar. 2023
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But most of the time, almost all the time, I’m outnumbered.
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Okla Jones,
Essence,
31 Oct. 2023
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But most of the time, grocery is already the Walmart and Kroger show.
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Errol Schweizer,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2024
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For years his dad served as his manager, and Ribeiro worked most of the time.
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Tribune News Service,
Orange County Register,
1 July 2024
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If there was no one sitting in the center, which would have been most of the time, the purse could just go on the seat.
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Peter Valdes-Dapena,
CNN,
30 Sep. 2023
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Leap years are observed every four years, most of the time.
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Victoria Moorwood,
The Enquirer,
22 Feb. 2024
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Was there a lot of activity around her most of the time?
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Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Sep. 2024
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So your vacation is going to be kind of green most of the time.
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Dave Schilling,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2024
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Getting a good night of rest is difficult most of the time.
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Christopher Murray,
Fox News,
16 Aug. 2024
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Guards kept the bathroom adjoining the cell locked for most of the time he was confined, the suit says.
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Paradise Afshar,
CNN,
13 Apr. 2023
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As a student, most of the time labs are already planned out and with steps to follow.
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Ana Ramirez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Sep. 2023
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People don’t struggle that much to retire most of the time.
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Allie Volpe,
Vox,
11 July 2024
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Her husband, a physician, was in a fellowship at the time, and Parkhurst was alone most of the time.
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Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com,
al,
2 June 2023
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Most people are back at their place of employment, most of the time.
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Marc Fisher,
Washington Post,
26 June 2024
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And most Americans are sleep-deprived most of the time.
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Chris Gayomali,
The Week,
17 Mar. 2023
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Other than that, the slider/cutter and the fastball both have the same tunneling and looks the same most of the time to the plate.
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Journal Sentinel,
10 May 2023
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Stafford was sacked twice, but most of the time the line gave him time to go through his progressions and find receivers.
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Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Oct. 2023
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Five years have passed since, and Shivani remains bedridden most of the time.
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TIME,
16 May 2024
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Most time – most of the time, hurricanes are hitting on the coast, hitting by definition flat land.
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NBC News,
6 Oct. 2024
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Feedback that is candid, developmental, and most of the time, positive.
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Jen L’estrange,
Forbes,
8 Oct. 2024
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