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

With his shoulder-length hair tucked under his signature trucker hat and a glass of wine in hand, Henegan works the room, stopping at every other table to give a hug or tell a story about his days rubbing elbows with celebrities or splitting martinis and oysters at the bar with his pet pig. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026

Read the column » New York Journal will appear every other Thursday (and then some, depending on what news comes out of Mamdani’s New York). —Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 1 Jan. 2026

It is set to return to Sacramento in 2027, and again every other year through 2033. —Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 1 Jan. 2026

Protecting email this way strengthens every other cybersecurity resolution. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for every other

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