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alternate plumage

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noun

Ornithology.
  1. (of birds having more than one plumage in their cycle of molts) the plumage of the second molt, usually brighter than the basic plumage.


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Earlier this week, its chief executive, Linda Yaccarino, wrote in a blog post that the platform had expanded its alternate approach to fact-checking misinformation — through crowdsourced “community notes” written by users.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

"We are coming up with the alternate approach of using algae to fix the CO2 then using the carbon to make bioproducts that are useful to humankind," Balan explained.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2023

But because of the ENS DAO, they had an alternate approach.

From The Verge • Feb. 11, 2022

The proposal relies on an alternate approach to Newsom’s plea for additional funds from President Trump and Congress, said legislative sources who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to discuss the document.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2020

Assuming the alternate approach and recession to be caused by orbital revolution, Belopolsky found that the body emitting the light of the bright lines moved with an orbital velocity of forty-one miles.

From The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir

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