alternated
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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
With Kessler sidelined, the Lakers have alternated Kevon Looney and Sandro Mamukelashvili at center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 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
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 ● Jan. 28, 2026
Sharon Ito, the daughter of the Japanese sharecropper for whom we picked strawberries during the summer, and I alternated taking the first seat, although she sat in it more often than I did.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
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