alternate
Example Sentences
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“The thing is, I only have the one Chinese dress, so it would be nice to have an alternate outfit.”
From Literature
Although the ballot initiative has yet to pass, the threat of such a tax prompted many of the state’s ultrarich to rush to establish alternate residency before the onset of the new year.
From MarketWatch
The ground stop Friday rippled across the air-traffic system and prompted a scramble among passengers looking for alternate travel options.
Ms. Ziegler structures her play as a blend of the contemporary and the classical, with longer monologues alternating with dialogue.
Iraq and Kuwait have seen sharp declines, while Saudi Arabia and the UAE are using alternate pipeline routes and drawing on storage to maintain exports.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
