alternation

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Trevor Gordon is one of those who is worried about the introduction of what the airport calls "eastern alternation".

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Also, recordings of a kind of electrical dialog between fish featured highly-precise turn-taking in which the fish emitted their electrical discharges in strict alternation.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

That alternation between the serious and the absurd was the series’ stock in trade.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Sitting on the chairs and toggling between resilience and collapse, in relay or alternation, they match the force of the electronically layered drums in Mikel Rouse’s prerecorded score.

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2023

With some alternation of terms, some toning down, the passage could describe the building of a termite nest.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas