alternate

Example Sentences

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But then the creatives behind “Wonder Man” reached out to him with a “crazy idea”: They wanted him to portray an outlandish alternate version of himself in a cautionary tale about superpower-fueled Hollywood celebrity.

From Los Angeles Times

You can cook two large things on the weekend — a pan of baked ziti, a pot of curry — and alternate between them until takeout night rolls around on Friday.

From Salon

In public, he has alternated military threats with the offer of fresh negotiations.

From BBC

“It literally takes me into this alternate universe. There are certain times when I’m in certain vehicles, and I just want to play my s—. I start to feel like Tom Cruise.”

From Los Angeles Times

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