Oftentimes
adverb
Often, many times.
Oftentimes, we take for granted the ones who deserve our gratitude the most.
Often appears as...
- oftentimes occur
- oftentimes use
adverb
Often, many times.
Oftentimes, we take for granted the ones who deserve our gratitude the most.
Often appears as...
- oftentimes occur
- oftentimes use
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Frequency adverb
Use 'oftentimes' to describe actions that repeat at frequent intervals, but without specific regularity.
She oftentimes checks her phone for messages.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern usage
'Oftentimes' is more common in contemporary speech and writing, and less formal than 'often'.
Oftentimes, teens prefer texting to calling.
Pro Tip 3/3Emphasizing repetition
Use 'oftentimes' to emphasize the repeated nature of an event, making it stand out more than 'often'.
Oftentimes, people say 'sorry' without meaning it.
Pro Tip 1/3Frequency adverb
Use 'oftentimes' to describe actions that repeat at frequent intervals, but without specific regularity.
She oftentimes checks her phone for messages.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern usage
'Oftentimes' is more common in contemporary speech and writing, and less formal than 'often'.
Oftentimes, teens prefer texting to calling.
Pro Tip 3/3Emphasizing repetition
Use 'oftentimes' to emphasize the repeated nature of an event, making it stand out more than 'often'.
Oftentimes, people say 'sorry' without meaning it.
Pro Tip 1/3Frequency adverb
Use 'oftentimes' to describe actions that repeat at frequent intervals, but without specific regularity.
She oftentimes checks her phone for messages.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern usage
'Oftentimes' is more common in contemporary speech and writing, and less formal than 'often'.
Oftentimes, teens prefer texting to calling.
Pro Tip 3/3Emphasizing repetition
Use 'oftentimes' to emphasize the repeated nature of an event, making it stand out more than 'often'.
Oftentimes, people say 'sorry' without meaning it.
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Where good ideas come...
is that, in fact, almost all of the important breakthrough ideas did not happen alone in the lab, in front of the microscope. They happened at the conference table at the weekly lab meeting, when everybody got together and shared their latest data and findings, oftentimes when people shared the mistakes they were having, the error, the noise in the signal they were discovering.
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Smash fear, learn...
which is, it's oftentimes what you do, not how you do it, that is the determining factor. This is the difference between being effective -- doing the right things -- and being efficient -- doing things well whether or not they're important. You can also do this with grammar. I came up with these six sentences after much experimentation.
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How to stay calm when...
that will push the conversation forward. You don't want to have to manufacture all of this on the spot. And you also want to think about things like quality of life. Because you have a choice oftentimes, do you I want a shorter life that's pain-free, or a longer life that might have a great deal of pain towards the end?
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What it's like to be a...
people want ordinary things. They want prosperity for their family, they want jobs and they want to live in peace. So I am not in any way an exception. When you meet people who seem like an exception to the rule, oftentimes it's that the rule is broken, not that they're an exception to it.
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Why being invisible can...
not just the tuning on the pianos but adjusting the weight and the height of the keys how the felt hits the strings all these little meticulous details that he works on that oftentimes the musicians the conductor and the crowd don't even know all they know is everything sounds great
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The Astronaut of the...
so less than one percent of the deep ocean has ever been seen by human eyes or imaged with cameras and that means that oftentimes when we go on these research cruises no one has been there before and therefore we're finding new species
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Can we eat to starve...
to me is obvious we're treating cancer too late in the game when it's already established and oftentimes it's already spread or metastasize and as a doctor I know that once a disease progresses to an advanced stage achieving a cure can
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Can we eat to starve...
And the answer, to me, is we're treating cancer too late in the game, when it's already established, and oftentimes, it's already spread or metastasized. And as a doctor, I know that once a disease progresses to an advanced stage,
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How a Woman's Donated...
freezer I wanted to make darn sure she understood and she would oftentimes ask for a blanket I said Susan that's absurd I'm not going to cut a blanket but she asked for roses I said I will do that
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Fossils 101 PIPE National...
One special case involves trapping organisms, oftentimes insects, in amber. This process begins when an organism is covered in tree sap. The sap or resin forms a protective seal
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Where good ideas come...
is that, in fact, almost all of the important breakthrough ideas did not happen alone in the lab, in front of the microscope. They happened at the conference table at the weekly lab meeting, when everybody got together and shared their latest data and findings, oftentimes when people shared the mistakes they were having, the error, the noise in the signal they were discovering.
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Smash fear, learn...
which is, it's oftentimes what you do, not how you do it, that is the determining factor. This is the difference between being effective -- doing the right things -- and being efficient -- doing things well whether or not they're important. You can also do this with grammar. I came up with these six sentences after much experimentation.
Video examples
How to stay calm when...
that will push the conversation forward. You don't want to have to manufacture all of this on the spot. And you also want to think about things like quality of life. Because you have a choice oftentimes, do you I want a shorter life that's pain-free, or a longer life that might have a great deal of pain towards the end?
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What it's like to be a...
people want ordinary things. They want prosperity for their family, they want jobs and they want to live in peace. So I am not in any way an exception. When you meet people who seem like an exception to the rule, oftentimes it's that the rule is broken, not that they're an exception to it.
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Why being invisible can...
not just the tuning on the pianos but adjusting the weight and the height of the keys how the felt hits the strings all these little meticulous details that he works on that oftentimes the musicians the conductor and the crowd don't even know all they know is everything sounds great
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The Astronaut of the...
so less than one percent of the deep ocean has ever been seen by human eyes or imaged with cameras and that means that oftentimes when we go on these research cruises no one has been there before and therefore we're finding new species
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Can we eat to starve...
to me is obvious we're treating cancer too late in the game when it's already established and oftentimes it's already spread or metastasize and as a doctor I know that once a disease progresses to an advanced stage achieving a cure can
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Can we eat to starve...
And the answer, to me, is we're treating cancer too late in the game, when it's already established, and oftentimes, it's already spread or metastasized. And as a doctor, I know that once a disease progresses to an advanced stage,
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How a Woman's Donated...
freezer I wanted to make darn sure she understood and she would oftentimes ask for a blanket I said Susan that's absurd I'm not going to cut a blanket but she asked for roses I said I will do that
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Fossils 101 PIPE National...
One special case involves trapping organisms, oftentimes insects, in amber. This process begins when an organism is covered in tree sap. The sap or resin forms a protective seal
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Joel Edgerton
Australian Actor
Sometimes, what's not said is just as important to the writing as what is said. As a writer, we have our voices heard. I think that, at oftentimes, the ability to allow the dialogue to recede properly into the world of the film is also a really valid sort of way to be a writer, I think.
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John Cena
American Actor
I've worked my entire career to try to broaden the perception of the WWE. A lot of folks think because we're so entertaining and oftentimes have such wild and well-defined characters that it's all we are. It has kind of been my life's work to tell the public that's not true.
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John Frusciante
American Musician
In music you have people exposing this very vulnerable part of themselves, and you also have the lifestyle is so fast that oftentimes people search for whatever the easiest way to feel relaxed in the midst of all of it, or the easiest way to have energy.
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Kehinde Wiley
American Artist
I'm about looking at each of those perceived menacing black men that you see in the streets all over the place, people that you oftentimes will walk past without assuming that they have the same humanity, fears that we all do.
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Alexander the Great
Leader
I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy's valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle, and false reports have many times done as great things as true courage and resolution.
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George Clooney
American Actor
I think the reason why a lot of young people are such screw ups... is oftentimes they didn't have the luxury I had of forming important relationships and opinions and life experiences before having success.
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Jurnee Smollett-Bell
American Actress
I am oftentimes the ear for some people that I know and love. Which I like being. I don't know if I'd like being a marriage counselor, though, because that's too deep for me.
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Jesse Eisenberg
American Actor
The movies that are really big, at least in my experience, oftentimes don't have characters that I feel as personally connected to.
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William Wordsworth
English Poet
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
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Nick Kroll
American Actor
Oftentimes the shows that don't work help you get it right.
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Joel Edgerton
Australian Actor
Sometimes, what's not said is just as important to the writing as what is said. As a writer, we have our voices heard. I think that, at oftentimes, the ability to allow the dialogue to recede properly into the world of the film is also a really valid sort of way to be a writer, I think.
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John Cena
American Actor
I've worked my entire career to try to broaden the perception of the WWE. A lot of folks think because we're so entertaining and oftentimes have such wild and well-defined characters that it's all we are. It has kind of been my life's work to tell the public that's not true.
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John Frusciante
American Musician
In music you have people exposing this very vulnerable part of themselves, and you also have the lifestyle is so fast that oftentimes people search for whatever the easiest way to feel relaxed in the midst of all of it, or the easiest way to have energy.
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Kehinde Wiley
American Artist
I'm about looking at each of those perceived menacing black men that you see in the streets all over the place, people that you oftentimes will walk past without assuming that they have the same humanity, fears that we all do.
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Alexander the Great
Leader
I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy's valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle, and false reports have many times done as great things as true courage and resolution.
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George Clooney
American Actor
I think the reason why a lot of young people are such screw ups... is oftentimes they didn't have the luxury I had of forming important relationships and opinions and life experiences before having success.
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Jurnee Smollett-Bell
American Actress
I am oftentimes the ear for some people that I know and love. Which I like being. I don't know if I'd like being a marriage counselor, though, because that's too deep for me.
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Jesse Eisenberg
American Actor
The movies that are really big, at least in my experience, oftentimes don't have characters that I feel as personally connected to.
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William Wordsworth
English Poet
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
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Nick Kroll
American Actor
Oftentimes the shows that don't work help you get it right.
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