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every other

Idioms  
  1. Every second one in a series, as in I'm supposed to take this pill every other day. [c. 1400]


Example Sentences

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But eventually, USC’s advantage in every other category except outside shooting would catch up to Santa Cruz.

From Los Angeles Times

Job creation has been two to three times higher in every other year.

From MarketWatch

Job creation has been two to three times higher in every other year.

From MarketWatch

There are no Eurostar services on Christmas Day, but trains are running every other day.

From BBC

Thomas Pownall, the former governor of Massachusetts, expressed his belief that America’s Congress was “a new primary planet, which, taking its course in its own orbit, must have an effect upon the orbit of every other planet, and shift the common center of gravity of the whole system of the European world.”

From The Wall Street Journal