ALTERNATING Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

alternating 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of alternating

as in alternate

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alternating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of alternate

as in mixing

to place or do (different things) so that one follows the other in a repeated series To make the appetizer, you should alternate layers of tomatoes and cheese. The poem alternates fear and hope.

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Recent Examples of alternating

Adjective

District 203 Superintendent Dan Bridges said early childhood students in full-day preschool will begin returning to their schools on an alternating-day basis beginning Thursday. — Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com, 3 Nov. 2020 In Montgomery, churches could have alternating rows of pews roped off and pillows placed in the others, asking only family members to sit together. — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 19 Apr. 2020

Verb

For this development, the team worked with two-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites, arranging alternating organic and inorganic layers into precise crystalline structures. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026 In the meantime, researchers hope to make even more complicated sandwiches, filled with alternating layers of binomial and regular graphs, or with other ingredients. — Paulina Rowińska, Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for alternating

Recent Examples of Synonyms for alternating

Adjective

The Johnsons’ appeal for help has since been taken to an alternate fundraising site, GiveSendGo.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
Those dates are alternate beach closure dates for Boca Chica Beach, which is a beach near Starbase, and a good indicator of when SpaceX plans to fly.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of alternate

Verb

The Morrison critique — that bottlenecks come from mixing prep, cook and clean activities in the same square foot — is pushing designers to treat the room as a cluster of task zones rather than one open space.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Research has shown that mixing ketamine with other substances such as alcohol can be dangerous, potentially leading to problems including respiratory depression, where breathing becomes dangerously slow or shallow.

— Violet Jira, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of mixing

Adjective

Guests can also look forward to pumpkin picking, the seasonal corn maze, and other fresh goods sold at the Apple Barrel Farm Market.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
The collection is also a seasonal day book, tracing a year of temperature changes, blooms, and dyings-off.

— Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of seasonal

Verb

Coroner’s officials have issued a new image, created by combining a forensic sketch and post-mortem photographs using artificial intelligence.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
The company will look at the emerging role of AI in dubbing and how hybrid workflows combining technology and human expertise could support the localization of content for international markets.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of combining

Adjective

Using gentle, rhythmic movements, an MLD therapist guides fluid around areas where lymph nodes or vessels have been damaged or removed.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
As the rhythmic clicking of a dozen sewing machines echoes through his small workshop, Ainé Pathé Ouédraogo weaves through the room, checking seams and hems.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of rhythmic

Verb

Ahonen ended up juxtaposing black metal and satanic imagery with family dynamic.

— Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
The film pulls an Old Custer and presupposes that maybe Monroe didn’t die at the age of 36, juxtaposing a 100-year-old Marilyn with one in her 30s played by Johnson.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of juxtaposing

Adjective

Pumping gas in and out of a seismic fault line sounds like a recipe for earthquakes, but cyclic testing over a 10-year period showed the exact opposite effect.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
Of course, the prospect of further tightening campaign with the Federal Reserve could throw a dampener on the most cyclical sectors of the market.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of cyclic

Verb

Advertisement Perhaps more importantly, the bloc is incorporating climate into the core of its economic planning.

— Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
The score, composed by Damon Albarn, has a rough, analog feel to it, incorporating instruments like an Indonesian angklung.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

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