alternately

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Recent Examples of alternately The natural beauty of the seaside town is alternately soothing and hostile, skillfully utilized to both let the viewer’s guard down and ramp up the tension depending on the demands of any individual scene. Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2024 Oliver is an addict, alternately abusing alcohol, MDMA, cocaine and prescription pills. August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024 In a two-hour-long conversation with Daily Mail online reporter Charlie Spiering, conservative talking head Tucker Carlson spent an entire segment alternately questioning Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz’s sexuality and asserting that Walz is gay. Quispe López, Them, 21 Oct. 2024 Its current orbit sends it alternately very close to the Earth and then very far away. David Szondy, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for alternately 

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“Alternately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alternately. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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