alternate
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He might have an alternate version of himself materialize if he needs help.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
You have no legal duty to step forward, although you should notify the beneficiaries and any alternate executors named in the will as soon as possible.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
With dinner already half-imagined, I could pass the tomatoes and melons without treating each one as an alternate future I might regret abandoning.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
The crew then flew the aircraft in a different mode called "alternate law", which removes some automated flight protection systems.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Do I feel so terrible now just because I’m worried about Mom and I don’t really understand the alternate world?
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The collaboration alternates between observing runs that collect scientific data and periods dedicated to commissioning and upgrading the detectors.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
The rest of the album alternates between chaos and control, introspection and criticism, grungy beats and hazy surrealism.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
The novel then alternates its focus among three characters who are connected in the aftermath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
But while that got Ruohonen, a personal injury attorney, to Italy, he wouldn’t officially be an Olympian unless he took the ice, something alternates don’t always do in major competitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 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
Erika alternated between sobbing so much she couldn’t speak and sharing beloved memories about Charlie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The economy has alternated between adding workers and shedding them for 11 months in a row.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026
They passed air through larynges removed from deceased horses and then alternated the airflow between normal air and helium.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2026
Both women, who had alternated from government to opposition for the best part of two decades, were suddenly mired in court cases.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Life on the bus alternated between moments of harmony and moments of chaos.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
The Urdd Eisteddfod takes place every year alternating between north and south Wales, attracting about 15,000 competitors aged eight to 25 and 100,000 visitors.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The tower of the former Pfizer headquarters was built in the 1960s, alternating sleek rows of metallic cladding and rectangular windows up a wedding-cake-shaped facade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Their simulations showed that disruptions often travel through alternating direct and indirect pathways, moving across international trade links as well as domestic production chains.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
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
Not when Mr. Reardon was already alternating his nervous glances at the file with nervous glances at Jonah.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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