every other

idiom

: all those that are different or separate from the person or thing that has already been mentioned

It's a problem that's affecting this town and every other one in the state.

—used to say that some repeated activity, event, etc., alternately happens and does not happen in consecutive named periods

I run every other day.

The contest is held every other year.

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The 9-1-1 shows have brought us toxic gas clouds, a tsunami, a lightning superstorm, citywide blackouts, serial killers, and pretty much every other disaster imaginable. —

EW.com, 3 Dec. 2024 Our lawn care company has reduced mowing to every other week but the grass has been growing like summer. —

Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024 Rumors have indicated that every other prospect is available for trade, while big league players Triston Casas and Wilyer Abreu have been floated in rumors. —

Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024 Sherman would take his staff foraging every other week, Montana said, to show them the traditional ways of gathering food. —

Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for every other