alternated
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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
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
This is alternated with little smacking sounds, followed by a long period of tossing and turning and rearranging the pillows.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
