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more often than not
Idioms and Phrases
Also, often as not . Fairly frequently, more than or at least half the time, as in More often than not we'll have dinner in the den , or Dean and Chris agree on travel plans, often as not . [First half of 1900s]Example Sentences
It was during an era when western governments generated fear of the spread of communism, so visitors from outer space were more often than not portrayed as menaces, bringing peril rather than hope.
Arkush prioritized the majors, writing in the forward that they “feature the strongest fields and, more often than not, are staged on the most demanding courses. When history is on the line.”
In 2024, significantly more often than not, the balance was in Norris' favour.
The fact that the intersection of those two categories more often than not went along with one or more of being Native American, Black, disabled or queer only exacerbated these fears.
Ladd doesn’t agree with each and every one of Trump’s words or deeds, but he does more often than not.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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