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• In their third year and beyond, expansion teams will have the same salary cap as every other team.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
• The brand recommends using every other night, then increasing frequency to every night once your skin is ready.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2024
• And so the Supreme Court should have a binding code of ethics just like every other court in the country.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 12 June 2023
• In the depths of the ocean, as well as in every other ecosystem across the world, death is a beginning.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2023
• Women ages 40 to 74 should get screened every other year, the group said.
  — Carla K. Johnson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2024
• Why do these get the seal of approval from Ms. Markle and every other person who owns them?
  — Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
• Look at that cast — every other person is a huge star now.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
• And every other sport could choose what was best for them and best for their families.
  — Jordan Davis, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2023
• This boy will be in his father’s life for the rest of his life, and not only on every other weekend.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
• Repeat every other day for a week, then use once a week or as needed.
  — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
• The series opener felt a lot like every other Nuggets-vs.-Lakers game.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2024
• Meghan hosts a live chat every other Wednesday at 11 a.m.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
• Like most every other date on the band’s current North American tour — their first in seven years — the night was a sell-out.
  — Ben Stas, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2023
• Like every other Colts draft pick so far, Rush is a high-level athlete.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2023
• The team has been able to wear down opponents and has reserves that would be starting for every other country in the Olympics.
  — Doug Feinberg, Hartford Courant, 28 July 2024
• Once in a lifetime weather events are now every other year.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2024
• The same goes for every other climate solution pitched as a panacea.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• Now, many of the same public commenters still show up every other Tuesday.
  — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
• The at-bat against Moore started like every other one over the last week, with Ohtani stepping into the batter’s box and touching the bottom point of the plate with the end of his bat.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
• To our knowledge, every other ~4000 snake species in the world (except a couple of Helicops species) have just one of these genes.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 July 2023
• With 18 teams and no divisions, there are bound to be multi-team ties for first place, second place and every other place.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
• Street pushes life lessons seemingly every other minute of the day.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
• Like every other superhero film these days, there is, of course, a post-credits scene, along with cameos and callbacks.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 17 June 2023
• Sandy's been one of the medical doctors, going every other year for the last 20-something years.
  — Sandy Hazelip, Ellie Hamby, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024
• And suddenly, by the 1970s, every other kid was named Jason.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
• Maksym can study in class only every other week, because his school’s bomb shelter can’t fit all the children.
  — Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
• Football steers, and every other sport and its athletes get dragged behind.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2023
• Join Meghan every other Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET, for a live chat to answer questions from parents trying to raise kids of any age.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2024
• Join Meghan every other Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET, for a live chat to answer questions from parents trying to raise kids of any age.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• The term’s first-ever use in April 2022 poked fun at how both movies appeared to be announcing new cast members every other day.
  — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024