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Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).

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Origin: , the of (see -ate), from one after another, by turns, from other + -nus. ; see also alter. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(US) Other; alternative.

Many trees have alternate leaf arrangement (e.g. birch, oak and mulberry).
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  • “Separation Anxiety Married forever in an alternate pathway with no tongue tied mixup dooming flops www.facebook.com/reel/1936844...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Alternate Transportation Market Size, Growth, Trends Report 2035 www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/alte...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “It seems to have slipped through from an alternate universe.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Former Toronto Raptors executive Masai Ujiri tabbed as Dallas Mavericks president https://www.newsbeep.com/us-tx/279337/ DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks hired former Toronto Raptors executive Masai Ujiri as team president and alternate…”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Radio 4 carried the story too, of course they made an effort to undermine the forced clarification by saying “according to *some* report’s numbers are down”, implying there’s some magical alternate data that suggests in reality it’s higher.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026

(mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.

alternate universe]] and an alternate reality.
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  • “alternate universe curdled egg hesse nightmare”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “you leave alternate personalities out of this ...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Also got all the mementos except the seth one (as of writing this) And i think the only things i missed were fighting shakra and getting the alternate version of the act 2 ending”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Somewhere in an alternate universe that lad said "you betcha" and swung for him.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Lindsey Graham is a lunatic alternate reality version of the man he was when Jon McCain was his living friend. This man is a total disgrace to himself, the US Air Force (he held the rank of Lt. Col), and the United States of America.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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