alternate
verb (used without object)
to interchange repeatedly and regularly with one another in time or place; rotate (usually followed bywith ).
will alternate
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future tenseof alternate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The hardest hit areas have been divided into zones that will alternate water service on 48-hour cycles, leaving some neighborhoods without water while others remain supplied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
And these timelines will alternate throughout the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
There are two casts for this production, and Mpofu and Chenes will alternate in their roles with Mané Galoyan and Duke Kim.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2023
Under the rules, each team’s offense will alternate plays from the opponent’s 2-yard line — similar to a two-point conversion.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
Probably for some time you will alternate between the extremes of heavy crusts with doughy insides, and white weighty boiler-plate with no distinguishable crusts at all.
From The Mountains by Stewart Edward White
