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As the lens follows Dua, often up close and from behind, this mode of expression proves alternately absorbing and alienating.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
13 May 2026
Like those albums, LP4 operates with its own sense of logic and time, sounding alternately playful and deadly serious, proudly complex and refreshingly pared back.
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Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
4 May 2026
Participants alternately clenched their toes (rock), spread them apart (paper) and crossed the big toe over the others (scissors).
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Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
An especially visually striking debut, Mosquitoes exists in a saturated hyperreality that is consummately engrossing, and announces the Bertani sisters as formidable portraitists of girlhood cast against the backdrop of an alternately beautiful and oppressive world.
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Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
13 May 2026
Like those albums, LP4 operates with its own sense of logic and time, sounding alternately playful and deadly serious, proudly complex and refreshingly pared back.
—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
4 May 2026
Participants alternately clenched their toes (rock), spread them apart (paper) and crossed the big toe over the others (scissors).
—
Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
An especially visually striking debut, Mosquitoes exists in a saturated hyperreality that is consummately engrossing, and announces the Bertani sisters as formidable portraitists of girlhood cast against the backdrop of an alternately beautiful and oppressive world.
—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alternately
Adverb
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The other three acres are rented out to a local farmer for soybeans and field corn alternatively.
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Hull the strawberries by inserting a paring knife into the stem end and twisting (alternatively, slice off the top to remove the stem).
Adverb
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The La Roja boss didn’t react quickly enough to the situation, instead opting for more of the same after the halftime break – rightly or wrongly relying on his mainstay players who largely brought him to this point – and didn’t change anyone until the 71st minute.
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Pages was instead competing with all NL outfielders.
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