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alternating

adjective as in changing

adjective as in varying

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Sorokin, who also holds world records for 100km, 100 miles and 12 hours, enjoys cookies, oranges and sandwiches, alternating between sweet and savoury.

From BBC

He was sitting on a seaside railing, alternating drags of his cigarette and sips of coffee.

Some sat on plastic chairs out on the street, alternating between sobbing and silence.

Now, she’s noticed an uptick in the huapango dance, a faster and bouncy norteño groove with an alternating two-step and an occasional hip roll that can be done paired or solo — which she has mastered.

In conversation, the rapper lives up to the implied duality in his name — alternating between quiet and rambunctious.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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