alternate
Example Sentences
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The ground stop Friday rippled across the air-traffic system and prompted a scramble among passengers looking for alternate travel options.
Ms. Ziegler structures her play as a blend of the contemporary and the classical, with longer monologues alternating with dialogue.
Iraq and Kuwait have seen sharp declines, while Saudi Arabia and the UAE are using alternate pipeline routes and drawing on storage to maintain exports.
But alternating injuries to James and Reaves have limited the group’s time together.
From Los Angeles Times
Oil could be diverted along the alternate infrastructure to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, but Reuters reports that would lead to a drop in supply of between 8-10 million barrels per day.
From BBC
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