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
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Join Meghan every other Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET, for a live chat to answer questions from parents trying to raise kids of any age.
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Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2024
Make way, Emma Stone, Nicole Kidman, Reba McEntire, Ed Sheeran, Prince Harry, Little Mermaid, Ginger Spice and every other famous redhead out there.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
The bar also hosts seasonal dinners and Sunday suppers every other month, featuring cassoulet, bouillabaisse or another French classic as the main item.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
Foster said that as of now every other committed transfer was expected to join the team.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Still, for Iran’s pugnacious revolutionaries, regime survival trumps every other priority, so their approach from October to March was guided by careful targeting.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024
The company does not use AI to prompt or resurface memories, the way that pretty much every other photo app does.
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2024
Newton proposed that every object in the universe attracts every other object in the universe, and that the strength of this attraction is related to the size of the objects and the distances among them.
—Rebecca Boyle, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
So not only for World Central Kitchen, for family -- for the families of the deceased, but for every other NGO that has been targeted or has lost members to exactly understand how the IDF has been operating.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2024
Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2024
Make way, Emma Stone, Nicole Kidman, Reba McEntire, Ed Sheeran, Prince Harry, Little Mermaid, Ginger Spice and every other famous redhead out there.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
The bar also hosts seasonal dinners and Sunday suppers every other month, featuring cassoulet, bouillabaisse or another French classic as the main item.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
Foster said that as of now every other committed transfer was expected to join the team.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Still, for Iran’s pugnacious revolutionaries, regime survival trumps every other priority, so their approach from October to March was guided by careful targeting.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024
The company does not use AI to prompt or resurface memories, the way that pretty much every other photo app does.
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2024
Newton proposed that every object in the universe attracts every other object in the universe, and that the strength of this attraction is related to the size of the objects and the distances among them.
—Rebecca Boyle, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
So not only for World Central Kitchen, for family -- for the families of the deceased, but for every other NGO that has been targeted or has lost members to exactly understand how the IDF has been operating.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2024
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“Every other.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/every%20other. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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