every other

phrase

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

Hartel had started every other game he's been available since his arrival in 2024. — ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

The researchers compared each graduate’s actual first employer against every other firm that plausibly could have hired them, then measured how the presence of fellow Ivy Leaguers at those firms shaped where graduates actually landed. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026

Fertilize new seedlings every other week with a half-strength fertilizer solution. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026

Good luck drawing a crowd of that magnitude every other week via one of the digital upstarts. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 July 2026

Rhymes for every other

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