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alternate

[awl-ter-neyt, al-, awl-ter-nit, al-] / ˈɔl tərˌneɪt, ˈæl-, ˈɔl tər nɪt, ˈæl- /
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substitute
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Alternate rent indicators do show that rents are softening.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Alternate proposals would make Donnyland into an economic development zone — a city-state like Monaco on the French Mediterranean that could be semiautonomous.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

Alternate spots every year, but always do it at the beginning of every year, when the teams are at full strength and the results are essentially harmless.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025

Appeared in the September 24, 2025, print edition as 'An Alternate Public-Health Universe Emerges'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

“I don’t even have a sister, ignoramus,” Alternate Virgil would say.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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