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For southern Michigan, February is forecast to be alternately sunny and rainy (with less snow), with mild temperatures.
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Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Here, rather like the Chicago stockyards, thousands of dairy cows are fed in crowded feedlots by a method called intensive and dry-lot feeding, or, alternately, kept indoors in barns.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
The months that followed LaFaro’s death, in which Evans disappeared from public life, alternately feeding his heroin addiction or going cold turkey in an attempt to kick it, constitute the movie’s principal timeline.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
The couple who followed them—two shirtless men, around the same height, alternately lifting each other up and rolling over each other with playful, affectionate aggression—struck me as equally political, suggesting not just what was banned but what was possible.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
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Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Here, rather like the Chicago stockyards, thousands of dairy cows are fed in crowded feedlots by a method called intensive and dry-lot feeding, or, alternately, kept indoors in barns.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
The months that followed LaFaro’s death, in which Evans disappeared from public life, alternately feeding his heroin addiction or going cold turkey in an attempt to kick it, constitute the movie’s principal timeline.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
The couple who followed them—two shirtless men, around the same height, alternately lifting each other up and rolling over each other with playful, affectionate aggression—struck me as equally political, suggesting not just what was banned but what was possible.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alternately
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Councilmembers Cesar Zepeda and Jamelia Brown alternatively said the issue could not wait, both pointing to the case of the trafficked girl.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Manic episodes are described as prolonged periods of mood instability, in which a person can experience extreme increases in energy or euphoria, or alternatively, feel depressed or unusually irritable.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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Khamenei didn’t back away, instead doubling down on support for Iran’s proxies.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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The sheikh had studied religious law at Damascus University and earned a master’s degree in Lebanon; the Tunisian had not completed a day’s worth of religious study in his life, relying instead on YouTube videos and stray sermons.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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