every other
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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.
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Like every other major sport that plays in the fall, college football is aware of the NFL calendar and cognizant not to schedule against its most important games.
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
McCarron was just as upset as every other Alabama fan who had to watch the Florida State Seminoles romp the Crimson Tide on Saturday.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Under this thinking, liberal democratic capitalism was the last political and economic model standing after the global struggles of the 20th century—and, consequently, the inevitable final political form for every other society on Earth.
—Time, 3 Sep. 2025
Maduro has increasingly turned to China as a major supplier of his military, while China has lent Caracas approximately 60 billion dollars, more money than every other Latin American country combined.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
McCarron was just as upset as every other Alabama fan who had to watch the Florida State Seminoles romp the Crimson Tide on Saturday.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Under this thinking, liberal democratic capitalism was the last political and economic model standing after the global struggles of the 20th century—and, consequently, the inevitable final political form for every other society on Earth.
—Time, 3 Sep. 2025
Maduro has increasingly turned to China as a major supplier of his military, while China has lent Caracas approximately 60 billion dollars, more money than every other Latin American country combined.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Every other.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/every%20other. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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