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You have no legal duty to step forward, although you should notify the beneficiaries and any alternate executors named in the will as soon as possible.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
He reappears in an alternate reality, a land of medieval technology where objects from his original timeline are magical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Business owner Lorenzo, who entered the villa on day one, said he felt like he "manifested" meeting Julia, 26, in Casa Amor, the alternate villa where relationships are tested by new arrivals.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
If you don’t find one alternate reality funny, there’ll be another one along soon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
I walk her to the door and she makes a face like we’ve just stepped into an alternate dimension and she has no idea how to react.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Interval training alternates between more vigorous periods of exercise and lower-intensity periods of active recovery.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
The rest of the album alternates between chaos and control, introspection and criticism, grungy beats and hazy surrealism.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
It alternates between "found footage" segments filmed in first person that resemble his web show, and more classic filmic shots.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Her accent alternates mid-sentence from city gal to snidely British, Ida loudly accusing a mob boss of murdering women.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
Our life alternates between billets and the front.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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
Schlossberg was treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York, where her cancer alternated between remission and relapse after several bone-marrow transplants and clinical trials, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
Bangladeshi politics had for decades been defined by the bitter feud between the two women, who alternated between government and opposition.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
During the next week, when it became clear he was going to get a chance to play, his mood alternated.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Their simulations showed that disruptions often travel through alternating direct and indirect pathways, moving across international trade links as well as domestic production chains.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
The group's scale, however, wasn't necessarily part of the original plan, with the group alternating between eight and 11 musicians, depending on the production.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
“The camera view was alternating between the wildlife and the individual,” explained Washington.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
The book unfolds through the alternating voices of Faye and three people vital to her career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
It’s making high-pitched beeps alternating with fake trash-grinding sounds.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
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