Example Sentences

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Centennial is alternating Anthony Catalano and Nate Kettingham at quarterback.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2018

Back on tour, Lambert is alternating her summer stops between big stadium events topped by Kenny Chesney and her own headlining dates in still-pretty-big amphitheaters, such as Merriweather Post Pavilion, which she plays Thursday.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2016

Slate: A bit later, a low, echoing sound is alternating between two notes.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2013

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

The current on lines of any considerable length is alternating current, supplied from large central generating stations and transformed to direct as occasion may demand at suitable sub-stations.

From The Story of Electricity by Munro, John