alternate
verb (used without object)
to interchange repeatedly and regularly with one another in time or place; rotate (usually followed bywith ).
is alternating
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present progressiveof alternate (3rd 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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Centennial is alternating Anthony Catalano and Nate Kettingham at quarterback.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2018
Even Denzel Washington is alternating his August Wilson projects with schlock like 2 Guns and The Equalizer.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2018
For most of the last century, the power that has reached the sockets in our homes and businesses is alternating current.
From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2011
Goerke, who is alternating with veteran Elektra Deborah Polaski in the Madrid production that runs through Oct.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2011
So that if we can measure the rate at which the current drawn from the motor is alternating, we shall know from that the rate at which the machine is working.
