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alternate

[awl-ter-nayt, al-, awl-ter-nit, al-] / ˈɔl tərˌneɪt, ˈæl-, ˈɔl tər nɪt, ˈæl- /
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substitute
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“Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The concern is that the Red Sea alternate route for oil exports may also face disruption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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

The Hindenburg disaster, wonder drugs, Marian Anderson’s voice, a rock ’n’ roll alternate history and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 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

Interval training alternates between more vigorous periods of exercise and lower-intensity periods of active recovery.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 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

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

The novel then alternates its focus among three characters who are connected in the aftermath.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Where possible, the tournament director alternates the colors, so that a player will play with the white pieces in one game and with the black in the next.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

During this moment, electronic bonds between neighboring sites alternated between stronger and weaker in a repeating pattern.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 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

Erika alternated between sobbing so much she couldn’t speak and sharing beloved memories about Charlie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

In one experiment, Adrian North and his colleagues at Leicester University alternated the music in a supermarket between French accordion and German oompah tunes.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

He had two wives who alternated visits but mostly stayed in the rural areas.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda

Thomas Edison warned that alternating current was an unacceptable threat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

Government responses have included daily individual caps on fuel purchases, a ban on stockpiling and an alternating licence-plate scheme intended to reduce the number of cars filling up.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 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

Finally, Rishi sank down on the floor, holding his stomach, alternating groans with laughter.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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