every other

idiom

: 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.

—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 Virtually every other actor acquits themselves just as well. —

Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024 Forty years of history seem to be happening every other week. —

Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2024 While the Navigator’s 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 carries over largely unchanged, and still offers 440 horsepower and 510 pound-feet of torque, nearly every other aspect of the vehicle is enhanced. —

Karl Brauer, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024 What sets today’s over 1,100 tardigrade species apart from almost every other animal on the planet is their ability to undergo cryptobiosis. —

Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for every other

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