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alternate

[awl-ter-neyt, al-, awl-ter-nit, al-] / ˈɔl tərˌneɪt, ˈæl-, ˈɔl tər nɪt, ˈæl- /
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Business owner Lorenzo, who entered the villa on day one, said he felt like he "manifested" meeting Julia, 26, in Casa Amor, the alternate villa where relationships are tested by new arrivals.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

“Deportee” as performed by anybody is always heartbreaking, because there is no alternate interpretation.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

Mark Zuckerberg has failed to end-run the iPhone more than once, including his recent attempt to make an alternate tech ecosystem called the Metaverse, renaming and reorganizing his company around the idea.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

In contrast, the researchers’ alternate momentum strategy lost an average of only 2.4% during those same months.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

In the small mirror, Aru saw an alternate version of the room they were standing in.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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

“Kin” deftly alternates points of view between Vernice and Annie, narrating events by way of a vernacular that would be at home on a front porch rocking chair.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

With the jury of 12 members and six alternates approved on Friday, arguments in the case are now scheduled to begin Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court.

From Barron's Feb. 7, 2026

Mornings he alternates between Madame Manec’s kitchen, the tobacco shop, and the post office, where he waits in interminable queues to use the telephone.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

Schlossberg was treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York, where her cancer alternated between remission and relapse after several bone-marrow transplants and clinical trials, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 30, 2025

Bangladeshi politics had for decades been defined by the bitter feud between the two women, who alternated between government and opposition.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2025

Thereafter she alternated between the former masters and the former slaves.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

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

“The camera view was alternating between the wildlife and the individual,” explained Washington.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

It is generated by alternating notes long-short-long-short-long-short, and so on.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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