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alternately

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Recent Examples of alternately In place of analysis, The Surrealist Menagerie provides a panoply of alternately delightful and disturbing creatures, generating unexpected pairings through its focus on the animal. — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The Islamic Republic has alternately—or simultaneously—behaved like a cause and a rational nation. — Nate Swanson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026 The $4 billion white steel, glass, and marble design by the Spanish Swiss architect Santiago Calatrava — alternately compared to a cathedral and a whale carcass — looks and feels like nothing else on the planet, much less a mall. — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 24 Aug. 2026 With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating just until combined after each addition. — Torie Cox, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for alternately

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The loft is accessed by a staircase and has ample space for a third double bed, or alternatively it could be used for storage or as a general hangout area.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026
The United States should not echo its 1970s policies around food power, during which officials boasted of altruism while attempting to exert political strength by alternatively deploying and withholding its grain supply.

— Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026

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The game featured a fourth-quarter comeback by Mizzou and a Tigers fan passing up a chance to win $25k to troll the Jayhawks instead.

— Justin Williams, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Vance had planned to be in New York for the anniversary last year but instead flew to Salt Lake City to be with the family of Charlie Kirk after the conservative activist was fatally shot.

— Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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