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Recent Examples of alternately
The interview is alternately boring and compelling, offering a glimpse into an insular world of privilege and entitlement.
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Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
Faced with punishment from school administrators, Westman appeared alternately nervous and nonchalant, the former employee said.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2025
Especially because there’s no bullpen help poking its way through an alternately promising and threatening baseball sky for the Mets.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Terms & Conditions offers an alternately riotous and meditative compendium of the Black experience.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
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Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
Faced with punishment from school administrators, Westman appeared alternately nervous and nonchalant, the former employee said.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2025
Especially because there’s no bullpen help poking its way through an alternately promising and threatening baseball sky for the Mets.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Terms & Conditions offers an alternately riotous and meditative compendium of the Black experience.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alternately
Adverb
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Are alternatively escapist or educational, depending on the club’s goals.—
Linda-Marie Barrett
September 10,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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The situation changes as firms transition from traditional management to the value creating mode, or alternatively, regress backwards.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Voters instead delivered gains to both far-right and far-left parties.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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In one practice, McCarthy refused to throw an easy short pass and opted instead to throw a deeper-developing route.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Alternately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alternately. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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