"oft-used" meaning in English

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      "examples": [
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          "text": "The \"invisible hand\" is an oft-used metaphor for the free market.",
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        {
          "ref": "2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53",
          "text": "The late Professor Pat White was an outspoken critic. In his 1986 book Forgotten Railways, he dismissed as smoke and mirrors the oft-used argument that 33% of rail routes carried only 1% of the traffic, as it ignores the fact that a third of the national road network also only carried 2% of cars and lorries. But unlike rail, road got away with it because no mention was made of how much it cost the taxpayer to keep them usable.",
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        "Frequently used."
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          "word": "often-used"
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          "word": "oft used"
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  "word": "oft-used"
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          "text": "The \"invisible hand\" is an oft-used metaphor for the free market.",
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          "ref": "2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53",
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    {
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  "word": "oft-used"
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