alternate

Example Sentences

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“He doesn’t get along with them. We alternate him outside by himself every other day.”

From Literature

He alternated between doing the crawl, which was fastest, and the breaststroke, which was slower but allowed him to see where he was going and to see what else was floating toward him.

From Literature

“This alternate scenario is not priced: JPY would strengthen and bond yields fall,” the team adds.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the film’s slightly alternate reality, Charli sighs and goes along with what everyone else is telling her to do, simply because she’s never found herself in this position before.

From Salon

It is 2026 on the calendar, but it feels like we are in some alternate universe.

From Salon