alternate
Example Sentences
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Besides a few more small businesses, the landscape alternates between grassy fields turning brown in the summer heat and oil-stained streets that must lead to neighborhoods with houses.
From Literature
But to officially be an Olympian, and break the age record set by 52-year-old figure skater Joseph Savage in 1932, the alternate has to actually get in a match.
Some, like men's alternate Kyle Waddell, likes to "just turn up, have a chat, and crack on", but others need energy plans to manage their state of mind building up to matches.
From BBC
Each rink has a lead, second, third and fourth player and they will throw their two stones in that order, alternating with their opposing number in the other team.
From BBC
Entrepreneurial students have found huge demand for alternate matchmaking tools.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
