alternated

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

And the outbursts of an abject self-pity with which it alternated.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley