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

Florida beats every other state, WalletHub says, in number of restaurants, amusement parks, arcades, marinas and music festivals per capita. —Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025

Blackburn seemed frustrated with being on a plane nearly every other day this season to make rehab starts or face minor league hitters at various levels. —Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025

And Georgia and Texas and Oregon and LSU and Oklahoma and Notre Dame and every other school dead set on winning championships. —Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025

While every other team would gladly take him, his market will be much smaller. —Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for every other

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