every other
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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.
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For every other Cup race, the winner gets the limelight.
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
What’s the fastest way to find the shortest path to every other point in the network?
—Michael Moyer, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2025
Almost all the world’s coca, the raw material for the drug, is produced in three Latin American countries—Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru—and virtually every other country in the region is a staging ground for smuggling and, increasingly, is a consumer market in its own right.
—Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
That number spiked roughly 20% year over year, outpacing every other category of unemployed, according to a note from Nicole Bachaud, ZipRecruiter’s labor economist.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
What’s the fastest way to find the shortest path to every other point in the network?
—Michael Moyer, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2025
Almost all the world’s coca, the raw material for the drug, is produced in three Latin American countries—Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru—and virtually every other country in the region is a staging ground for smuggling and, increasingly, is a consumer market in its own right.
—Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
That number spiked roughly 20% year over year, outpacing every other category of unemployed, according to a note from Nicole Bachaud, ZipRecruiter’s labor economist.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Every other.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/every%20other. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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