as in sometimes
on some occasions
we do go to the library now and then, but not as often as we should
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And to just think that an extra $2.00 every now and then is sufficient.
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Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
That’s the connection between now and then, the sound of his grief.
—Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
My husband’s job takes him out of town now and then.
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As for Elisabeth, morsels of information trickle out now and then.
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Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
That’s the connection between now and then, the sound of his grief.
—Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
My husband’s job takes him out of town now and then.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
As for Elisabeth, morsels of information trickle out now and then.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Now and then.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/now%20and%20then. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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