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every other

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


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On Tuesday and every other day at Angel Stadium, the Angels proudly display a sign advertising a collection of what the team calls its “family value merchandise.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Overall for Bodo/Glimt, the Denmark striker - who has scored once in four caps for his country - has averaged a goal every other game.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Humans and every other vertebrate may share an astonishingly strange ancestor: a tiny creature with a single eye centered on the top of its head.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

“It’s orders and orders of magnitude more complex than almost every other type of manufacturing.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Soldiers on every other street corner it seemed, watching our movements.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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