alternate

Example Sentences

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If you want to continue with your QCDs and your husband wants to switch to taxable RMDs to boost your savings, why not alternate?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

In Myanmar, prices at the petrol pump have jumped and the junta has instituted fuel-saving measures, including alternate day bans on private vehicles, based on odd- or even-numbered licence plates.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

In this alternate past, a fatal blood virus, known informally as the Red Wind, has been ravaging the population for about a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

But the more it drags on, he says, "the more passengers will find alternate ways to fly", with rival carriers offering connections via alternative hubs such as Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong or Tokyo.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

An alternate reality where people talked in drumbeats and always made time to look at the ocean—and I mean really look at it too, the way Mong did.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña