alternate

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

Former New York City tow-truck driver Ed Seabron knew he had ruffled some feathers when, in 2021, he resigned from New York City’s largest municipal union and spoke to colleagues about alternate union representation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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

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

Now that they knew the tunnel led to an alternate world, that idea was scarier than ever.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The record alternates patient mood pieces like this one with more melodic tunes with startling shifts in volume.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Interval training alternates between more vigorous periods of exercise and lower-intensity periods of active recovery.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026

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

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

“You skip a practice and you get bounced to the alternates, Connor. I’m in this to win.”

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

During this moment, electronic bonds between neighboring sites alternated between stronger and weaker in a repeating pattern.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

Yamamoto threw 20 pitches to a pair of his teammates, with right-handed hitting catcher Will Smith and left-handed hitting infielder Hyeseong Kim alternated at-bats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

The monstrosity outside the door tried to claw a bigger opening, while inside, the bossling alternated between harassing half a dozen Ridge guards and clearing rubble from the doorway.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The FCC also added foreign-made inverters to the list -- devices that, among other functions, convert direct current from batteries or solar panels into standard alternating current, which can be used by the electrical grid.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 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

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 electric lights cast them in alternating pools of glare and shadow.

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