alternating
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To transform the medium-voltage alternating current that the grid serves to most end users into higher-voltage direct current, Nvidia suggests companies use solid-state transformers instead of the old kind.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Unlike turn-based games that progress with sequential, alternating moves, “StarCraft” has a high degree of complexity that makes it well-suited to training machine intelligence.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
Cornelys relaunched the masquerade while opening it to the middling sort, alternating private parties with public nights for “any proper person” with a ticket.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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
If the song was being done properly, with both a man and a woman alternating the verses, the song was further complicated by the female’s counter harmony in the refrains.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing alternating
"Living Like Weasels" by Annie Dillard
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Shake It Up: Alter
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"The Hunger Games" Vocabulary from Chapter 7
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