alternately
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Except for Iran, of course, which he alternately bombs, demonizes and flatters.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
Sheriff Nanos has alternately denied and admitted to mistakes.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
To release the captured CO2, the researchers alternately spray the protein beads with a mild acid and a mild base for roughly 10 minutes at room temperature.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026
Mr. Lewis is alternately magnetized and repulsed by Sellers and goes to exhaustive lengths to comprehend him, eventually resorting to quoting Sellers—a believer in the power of the Ouija board—via a spiritual medium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
He turned his head slowly, without breaking his forward movement of alternately planted poles and thrust skis, rhythmically but feebly continuous like a homemade piston engine’s.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
Vocabulary lists containing alternately
Shake It Up: Alter
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