alternated

Example Sentences

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The economy has alternated between adding workers and shedding them for 11 months in a row.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

They passed air through larynges removed from deceased horses and then alternated the airflow between normal air and helium.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

Chileans have alternated between left and right governments at every election since 2010.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Both women, who had alternated from government to opposition for the best part of two decades, were suddenly mired in court cases.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

“We alternated between deploying and pulling back workers, because we were afraid of another hydrogen explosion,” Takeyuki Inagaki remembered.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland