alternate

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

With dinner already half-imagined, I could pass the tomatoes and melons without treating each one as an alternate future I might regret abandoning.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 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

An alternate idea would be to keep California on permanent standard time, which is allowed under federal law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

“Mom’s next sentence is ‘We all came from an alternate world, and I had to go back,’” she announced.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The collaboration alternates between observing runs that collect scientific data and periods dedicated to commissioning and upgrading the detectors.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026

The novel alternates between the perspectives of Kate and the TV show’s writer, Phoebe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

The film alternates between chronicling the progress of Jacobs’ Spring 2024 show and diving deeper into his vast references and his relationship with Coppola.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026

But while that got Ruohonen, a personal injury attorney, to Italy, he wouldn’t officially be an Olympian unless he took the ice, something alternates don’t always do in major competitions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

We are alive against the stupendous odds of genetics, infinitely outnumbered by all the alternates who might, except for luck, be in our places.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

We alternated between mat and barre work, using light weights and an exercise strap and ball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

The economy has alternated between adding jobs and losing jobs for 10 months in a row, and the on-and-off streak is likely to extend into March.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 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

In public, he has alternated military threats with the offer of fresh negotiations.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

My brother and I alternated going with her, and my grandfather always served Sunday supper to my grandmother and whichever of us was along as if we were regular club guests.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

The FCC also added foreign-made inverters to the list -- devices that, among other functions, convert direct current from batteries or solar panels into standard alternating current, which can be used by the electrical grid.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

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

Bipolar disorder is a lifelong mental health condition characterised by alternating periods of intense emotional highs and deep emotional lows.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

With the exception of Brivik’s appearance, Bird took the stage solo, alternating between performing unreleased songs from an upcoming album and much-loved stalwarts from his 2005 breakout, “The Mysterious Production of Eggs.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

There were alternating rounds of yelling at the screen and laughing, and sighing and oohing.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste