How to Use every other in a Sentence

every other

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  • Isn't that what the left is always asking for in every other context?
    Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • In Canada, there is hockey, and then there is every other sport.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 4 June 2026
  • Davidson does garbage every other week, and the holiday is on a weekend.
    Eva Flowe june 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026
  • Compared with the Padres and almost every other team, the Dodgers boast far more star talent.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2026
  • In almost every other part of modern life, information moves with us.
    Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Wear them with sandals in the summertime or with tall boots for fall—and every other occasion in-between.
    Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 5 July 2026
  • Hummingbird feeders should be cleaned at least twice a week, or every other day during blazing hot weather.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
  • Like, every other person’s making a movie or connected to some celebrity.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 5 July 2026
  • At every other ballpark, Eldridge’s towering blast would’ve been a home run.
    Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 July 2026
  • States were sovereign de jure in nearly every way and de facto in nearly every other.
    Max Taves, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
  • The most effective moats are compounding systems, whe​re each defense makes every other one more durable.
    Anil Chintapalli, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • In every other way, the 24-year-old news that Bush, who at the time was locked in a close race with Vice Pres.
    Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026
  • Feed pond fish only every other day to prevent the oxygen from dropping dangerously low.
    Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2026
  • Try feeding every other day, or switch to late-evening feedings when water temperatures are lower.
    Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2026
  • Marmion and Currie now join every other coed school that has to devise how to share finite facilities.
    Dave Oberhelman, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
  • Take the chance to vacuum your cushions on every other rotation to keep them especially clean.
    Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • Pick one stretch of the day, close every other tab and turn off notifications so one thing actually gets full attention.
    Allison Palmer july 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
  • Large companies buy every other category of software this way.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Each node should collect data and conduct ongoing analytics to help every other node improve.
    Robert C. Wolcott, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • And, like every other security woe, AI is making Mac malware worse than ever.
    Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026
  • The Emmys blanked Dropout across the board, along with almost every other creator-economy-native contender.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 July 2026
  • This emotional payoff is uncertain in every other literary genre.
    Katelyn Frey, The Conversation, 10 July 2026
  • This was a statement about the world beyond soccer, and virtually every other nation was behind Belgium, pushing.
    Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2026
  • Trump had also nominated every other member of the seven-person commission.
    Chiara Eisner, NPR, 8 July 2026
  • That's a notable omission for a phone expected to match or exceed the S26 Ultra on almost every other spec, and to cost more doing it.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • New episodes of Cart Blanche air every other Tuesday on QVC+/HSN+.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
  • And in a lot of cases, the very preferences managers complain about would probably improve the work environment for every other generation too.
    Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Almost every other Superman movie has evoked Kryptonite at some point, typically during the climax when the hero needs to be at his lowest and weakest.
    James Grebey, Time, 26 June 2026
  • The knockout stage started with a couple early upsets that saw Germany and the Netherlands go down, but the favorite won every other match in the final 32.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Billions were spent building networks hyped to enable remote surgery, autonomous vehicles and a world where every household appliance would talk to every other household appliance.
    Mariam Sorond, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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