alternate
verb (used without object)
to interchange repeatedly and regularly with one another in time or place; rotate (usually followed bywith ).
am alternating
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present progressiveof alternate (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am alternating between my parents' house and my own, depending on how late we finish.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
To order, e-mail I just ordered this month’s Tell Tale Society package, and am alternating between the quince-caramelized honey cake, the fresh walnut and yuzu torrone and the spruce confiture de lait.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2010
