Now and Oft

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Now

Now adverb - On some occasions.
Usage example: goes now here, now there—all seemingly without plan or purpose
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Oft is an antonym for now.

Oft

Oft adverb - Many times.
Usage example: as I have oft said, you need to look before you leap
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Now is an antonym for oft.
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  • Series / Due South Shout-Out: The oft-repeated line, "that's not important right now." Signature Item Clue: Subverted.
    Source: Series / Due South
  • Black Site CONTROL Headquarters in Get Smart, with it's now-iconic oft-referenced entrance corridor full of dozens of dramatically opening automatic doors.
    Source: Black Site
  • But now for the first time – suddenly, shockingly, horribly – the balance of power had shifted…This is the premise of James Herbert's 1974 Nightmare Fuel novel, which began with the oft-repeated observation that in London nobody is ever more than twenty feet away from a rat.
    Source: Literature / The Rats
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