at regular intervals
idiom
1
: at times that are equally separated : with the same amount of time between occurrences
The buses run from 4 a.m. to midnight at regular intervals.
2
: with an equal amount of space between each
The boards are placed at regular intervals.
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With an older, calmer dog, it’s been easy to set up a comforting bed and toy area, and visit at regular intervals for food and walks.
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Annemarie Dooling, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Back here on Earth, these projects typically involve digging small excavations at regular intervals across a site to gather information on how artifacts are distributed, then pick particularly promising pits for more thorough study.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
Doctors had sent her home with an oxygen tank and instructions to use it at regular intervals.
—José María León Cabrera, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Scattered at regular intervals throughout the system’s roughly 440 miles of underground track, emergency exit stairwells provide a last-ditch means of getting passengers stranded on a subway out of the system and onto the street.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Annemarie Dooling, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Back here on Earth, these projects typically involve digging small excavations at regular intervals across a site to gather information on how artifacts are distributed, then pick particularly promising pits for more thorough study.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
Doctors had sent her home with an oxygen tank and instructions to use it at regular intervals.
—José María León Cabrera, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Scattered at regular intervals throughout the system’s roughly 440 miles of underground track, emergency exit stairwells provide a last-ditch means of getting passengers stranded on a subway out of the system and onto the street.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
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“At regular intervals.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20regular%20intervals. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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