more often than not
idiom
: happening more than half the time
He wins more often than not.
More often than not, I stay home instead of going out.
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All production has to do was roll back the tapes to see that Kenya’s responses are, more often than not, outlandish and disrespectful.
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Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
But the results have been good more often than not lately.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
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At times, Jason and Tonya seem to border on George and Martha from Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, bickering with each other as Mikal listens or, more often than not, tunes it out with earphones on, playing video games.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2025
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Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
But the results have been good more often than not lately.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
By Jenna Ryu April 2, 2025 By now, most people should know that hitting on someone at the gym with a cringy pickup line is, more often than not, creepy.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 2 Apr. 2025
At times, Jason and Tonya seem to border on George and Martha from Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, bickering with each other as Mikal listens or, more often than not, tunes it out with earphones on, playing video games.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2025
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“More often than not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20often%20than%20not. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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