alternate
Example Sentences
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“It literally takes me into this alternate universe. There are certain times when I’m in certain vehicles, and I just want to play my s—. I start to feel like Tom Cruise.”
From Los Angeles Times
In one experiment, Adrian North and his colleagues at Leicester University alternated the music in a supermarket between French accordion and German oompah tunes.
From BBC
Sanders was not among the first four alternates at quarterback in the AFC.
From Los Angeles Times
As we eat, I look around, and it feels like we’ve stepped into an alternate universe.
From Literature
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He opened the book to a page flagged with a green sticky note and found a poem titled “alternate names for black boys.”
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.