every other

idiom

1

: all those that are different or separate from the person or thing that has already been mentioned

It's a problem that's affecting this town and every other one in the state.

2

—used to say that some repeated activity, event, etc., alternately happens and does not happen in consecutive named periods

I run every other day.

The contest is held every other year.

Examples of every other in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And like every other publication, those videos are increasingly syndicated. —Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025

At $7 million per year, Leonard’s Aspiration sponsorship was worth more than his New Balance sneaker deal and almost every other player endorsement, outside of shoe deals. —Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 6 Nov. 2025

So Musk would make about as much as every other major corporate CEO combined — before factoring in stock growth. —Camila Domonoske, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025

The ecumenical engagement with removal merely confirmed the integration between primitive fossil capital and every other circuit of accumulation. —Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for every other

• another
• godmother
• grandmother
• stepbrother
• stepmother
• brother
• mother
• nother
• smother
• souther