alternate
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"We're identifying alternate workstreams that can be applied to increase capacity," the tech giant added, without saying when service was expected to be fully restored.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
Sarah Helzer, the team’s alternate candidate, rotates between stations to learn each of her teammates’ techniques, so she can be prepared to take over in case of an emergency or injury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Earlier in group one, Pegula claimed her first win since September to eliminate alternate Marta Kostyuk.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Two of his furry roommates refuse to get along, forcing the comedian to alternate which one gets to roam freely around the house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Why hadn’t they figured out a way to come last night, as soon as they knew about the alternate world?
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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This week’s plenum was attended by 162 full members and 117 nonvoting alternates, according to the communiqué.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Instead, many scientists have argued that the brain simply alternates attention between tasks so quickly that it creates the illusion of doing both at once.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
The rest of the album alternates between chaos and control, introspection and criticism, grungy beats and hazy surrealism.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 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
Egyptian art alternates between conservatism and innovation, but is never static.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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These changes provided a way to define the system's progression through time, even when the bright region alternated between expansion and contraction.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
His mother, Mollie Roy, alternated Tylenol and Motrin as pediatricians typically recommend and looked after him as he rested at home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Grieving relatives alternated between watching intently and closing their eyes, overwhelmed by the grim exercise.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 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
The sailor alternated between talking and heaving over the side of the raft.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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Now you can really appreciate the dynamics of Morton’s piano-playing, and why he placed so much emphasis on alternating between soft and loud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
A year later, the two knights took their talents to Broadway, alternating performances of Waiting for Godot with Harold Pinter's No Man's Land.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
They successfully demonstrated optical switching in a substantially thicker magnetic structure containing nine alternating layers of platinum and cobalt.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
Developed in parallel by several studios, "Call of Duty" has been split into two series for more than 15 years, with new titles released in alternating years.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Take turns around the circle alternating the rhyme with two new “mothers” in the center battling it out through rhythm, movement, and improvisation.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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