Definitions

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  • adjective Somewhat regular; occasional
  • adjective topology, of a topological space Whose regular open sets form a base.

Etymologies

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semi- +‎ regular

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Examples

  • Tucker says Magnolia envisions Twitty leading "semiregular" programs throughout the year.

    Stories: Local News 2010

  • Last year, Mr. Jin and about 20 other prominent urban and rural house-church leaders held meetings to prepare to attend the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, a semiregular summit of global evangelical leaders.

    China's Banned Churches Defy Regime Brian Spegele 2011

  • From the publication of Dreams in 1995 to its reissue in 2004, Obama had nothing in print beyond a semiregular column in the neighborhood newspaper, the Hyde Park Herald.

    Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

  • The dustbuster is the only thing to touch my carpet on a semiregular basis.

    Good Housekeeping: Totally Slobtastic Slackermom Edition | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • From the publication of Dreams in 1995 to its reissue in 2004, Obama had nothing in print beyond a semiregular column in the neighborhood newspaper, the Hyde Park Herald.

    Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

  • The webcast, focusing specifically on GE Capital, has become a semiregular tool that the company has used in the past few years to give investors more details on the division.

    Regulators Look at Farming Landscape Ian Berry 2010

  • Others do it on a regular or semiregular schedule in the form of an allowance.

    Not Your Parents’ Money Book Jean Chatzky 2010

  • At some point during the 1930 season, Jackson worked a deal to have Satch pitch with the Baltimore Black Sox on a semiregular basis.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • In 1972, John was hired as a semiregular on The Waltons to play Reverend Fordwick, a character whom John never failed to refer to as “Reverend Foreskin.”

    With Love and Laughter, John Ritter Amy Yasbeck 2010

  • At some point during the 1930 season, Jackson worked a deal to have Satch pitch with the Baltimore Black Sox on a semiregular basis.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

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