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once in a while

adv

Definitions

  1. Occasionally

    Occasionally; sometimes.

    • I send her a note once in a while to let her know I'm thinking of her.
    • He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for once in a while. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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