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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According to the teen, one of M’s children lives there full-time and is almost 18, while two younger daughters, ages 5 and almost 7, stay with them four days every other week.
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Sewards recommends playing, at most, every other day and stopping for rest when pain or soreness set in.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2025
The overwhelming need in order to succeed intellectually and in every other sense is to focus one’s mind and… think.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
By September, the film had reached nearly 300 million views, outperforming every other title in the history of Netflix.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Sewards recommends playing, at most, every other day and stopping for rest when pain or soreness set in.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2025
The overwhelming need in order to succeed intellectually and in every other sense is to focus one’s mind and… think.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
By September, the film had reached nearly 300 million views, outperforming every other title in the history of Netflix.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Every other.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/every%20other. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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