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alternate

[awl-ter-nayt, al-, awl-ter-nit, al-] / ˈɔl tərˌneɪt, ˈæl-, ˈɔl tər nɪt, ˈæl- /
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Ross passed the bar in 1994, joined the Riverside County public defender’s office the following year and began as a Los Angeles County deputy alternate public defender in 2000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

"Of course we'll miss it but it was absolutely the right call and we've got a beautiful alternate version that we're very proud of."

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

But assume we can learn nothing about other people’s interiority by their faces and we end up living in our own alternate form of prosopagnosia, unable to meaningfully recognize another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Why hadn’t they figured out a way to come last night, as soon as they knew about the alternate world?

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 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 hysterical grin sets your teeth on edge; she alternates between swiftness and stillness in her uncanny movements.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

Mornings he alternates between Madame Manec’s kitchen, the tobacco shop, and the post office, where he waits in interminable queues to use the telephone.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Grieving relatives alternated between watching intently and closing their eyes, overwhelmed by the grim exercise.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Meanwhile, his shower alternated between freezing cold and "scalding hot".

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

For the next four pitches, he alternated between his four-seam fastball and off-speed pitches — first his changeup and then curveball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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

He alternated between running off to chase the dog and returning to hold her hand.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

Professor Alexey Kornyshev from Imperial College London and his collaborators originally suggested that salt ions surrounding DNA could produce alternating patterns of electrical charge.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

But on this day, they had to try to deliver victory in a California tiebreaker, with the ball placed on the 50-yard and the team that advanced the ball farthest after alternating plays wins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

The new live album spends most of the program alternating between the two poles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

He crept toward the bathroom, alternating between watching the door and watching Hila.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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