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Recent Examples of alternately
He was regarded by his devotees as alternately a sinister force and an avenging angel.
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Tran, in particular, gives an outstanding performance as Angela, alternately withdrawn and explosively emotional.
—James Factora, Them., 16 Apr. 2025
With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture alternately to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating until just combined.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
But Trump maintains that tariffs are key to protecting American jobs and products, raising revenue, rebalancing the global trading system and alternately punishing and extracting concessions from other countries.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Tran, in particular, gives an outstanding performance as Angela, alternately withdrawn and explosively emotional.
—James Factora, Them., 16 Apr. 2025
With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture alternately to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating until just combined.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
But Trump maintains that tariffs are key to protecting American jobs and products, raising revenue, rebalancing the global trading system and alternately punishing and extracting concessions from other countries.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
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Under the House Republican proposal, borrowers currently enrolled in SAVE, PAYE, and ICR would be automatically moved into the IBR plan instead, which is a separate program created by Congress.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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The program instead asked migrants to apply online, requiring them to secure a U.S.-based financial sponsor in order to secure permission to enter the country and two years of work authorization.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
8 May 2025
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“Alternately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alternately. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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