How to Use most of the time in a Sentence

most of the time

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Definition of most of the timenext
  • The function is still in beta but works well most of the time, even with silly prompts, only occasionally producing a dud playlist like Maestro does at times.
    — PCMAG, 30 July 2024
  • But most of the time the question is, can it be changed?
    — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2023
  • For most people, most of the time, the conflict was out of sight and out of mind.
    — Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2024
  • For most of the time, the spacecraft is just coasting through space.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 26 July 2023
  • The Link 2 sells for $100 most of the time, so don't pay as much for the original Link.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
  • At lunch, Dad kept his eyes cast downward for most of the time.
    — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
  • What those observers don’t talk about, most of the time, is South Asian art.
    — Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2024
  • But most of the time moose are shy and elusive critters.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 10 Aug. 2023
  • To the best wife, mummy & drinking partner (most of the time).
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
  • So the foot is designed to land on the forefoot when running, at least most of the time.
    — Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
  • And most of the time, the medication plus long pants and sleeves and a hat keep him safe.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 6 July 2023
  • Belle lives 18 miles down I-80, a manageable drive most of the time.
    — St. John Barned-Smith, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2023
  • But most of the time, almost all the time, I’m outnumbered.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 31 Oct. 2023
  • But most of the time, grocery is already the Walmart and Kroger show.
    — Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • For years his dad served as his manager, and Ribeiro worked most of the time.
    — Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 1 July 2024
  • If there was no one sitting in the center, which would have been most of the time, the purse could just go on the seat.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Leap years are observed every four years, most of the time.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 22 Feb. 2024
  • So your vacation is going to be kind of green most of the time.
    — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Guards kept the bathroom adjoining the cell locked for most of the time he was confined, the suit says.
    — Paradise Afshar, CNN, 13 Apr. 2023
  • As a student, most of the time labs are already planned out and with steps to follow.
    — Ana Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
  • People don’t struggle that much to retire most of the time.
    — Allie Volpe, Vox, 11 July 2024
  • Her husband, a physician, was in a fellowship at the time, and Parkhurst was alone most of the time.
    — Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al, 2 June 2023
  • Most people are back at their place of employment, most of the time.
    — Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • And most Americans are sleep-deprived most of the time.
    — Chris Gayomali, The Week, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Other than that, the slider/cutter and the fastball both have the same tunneling and looks the same most of the time to the plate.
    — Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2023
  • Stafford was sacked twice, but most of the time the line gave him time to go through his progressions and find receivers.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Five years have passed since, and Shivani remains bedridden most of the time.
    — TIME, 16 May 2024
  • What happens most of the time in real life is the opposite.
    — Csaba Toth, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Now, that won’t be the case most of the time under potential new kickoff strategies.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
  • While 90% of white students reported having their basic needs met most of the time or always by an adult, just 77% of Black students could say the same.
    — Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2024

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