See from time to time in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:",
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"ref": "1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], chapter XXV, in Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:",
"text": "On these red embers Hatteraick from time to time threw a handful of twigs.",
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"ref": "1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.",
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"ref": "1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part III. The Fire Sermon.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, page 29, lines 196–197:",
"text": "But at my back from time to time I hear / The sound of horns and motors, […]",
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"ref": "1960 December, Cecil J. Allen, “Operating a mountain main line: the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 743:",
"text": "From time to time the coaches of the Lötschberg Railway itself, which in comfort and décor can rank with the finest in Europe today, travel far from the frontiers of Switzerland on through workings such as these.",
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"ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Protheans: Data Discs Codex entry:",
"text": "Despite all the evidence confirming the existence of the Protheans, little is known about their culture and society. From time to time, dig sites will yield new clues, but after 50,000 years of decay, little of value is unearthed.",
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"ref": "2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:",
"text": "Life on Earth has developed over billions of years, largely unaffected by the solar storms that wash over our planet from time to time.",
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "nå og då"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "av og til"
},
{
"code": "pi",
"lang": "Pali",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "kālenakālaṃ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gahgâh",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "گهگاه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gâh be gâh",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "گاه به گاه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "har-az-gâhi",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "هر از گاهی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "har-čand-vaqt-yek-bâr",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "هر چند وقت یک بار"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "enjawiess"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "od czasu do czasu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "raz na jakiś czas"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "de vez em quando"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "às vezes"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "volta e meia"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "din când în când"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vrémja ot vrémeni",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "вре́мя от вре́мени"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vremenámi",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "времена́ми"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "porój",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "поро́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "inogdá",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "иногда́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "occasionally",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "с времена на време"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "occasionally",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "časomice"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "occasionally",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "s vremena na vreme"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "de vez en cuando"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "a veces"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "mara kwa mara"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "då och då"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "stundom"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "tid efter annan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "paminsan-minsan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "pana-panahon"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "zaman zaman"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "ara ara"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čas vid čásu",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "час від ча́су"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kabhī-kabhār",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "کبھی کبھار"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kabhī-kabhī",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "کبھی کبھی"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "gāhe-māhe",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "گاہے ماہے"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "bāz-auqāt",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "بعض اوقات"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "gāhe-gāhe",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "گاہے گاہے"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "o dro i dro"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "ar dro"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "occasionally",
"word": "o bryd i'w gilydd"
}
],
"word": "from time to time"
}
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