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Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture in 2 additions, alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
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Amanda Holstein, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2025
Dramatic section for Dylan O’Brien, who plays gay and straight twins with alternately dark, dramatic and over-the-top flamboyant flair.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
Combine sweetened condensed milk and vanilla and add alternately with the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
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—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Senators were alternately sympathetic and combative toward Kennedy’s views on health during his confirmation hearings on Wednesday and Thursday.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 31 Jan. 2025
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Amanda Holstein, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2025
Dramatic section for Dylan O’Brien, who plays gay and straight twins with alternately dark, dramatic and over-the-top flamboyant flair.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
Combine sweetened condensed milk and vanilla and add alternately with the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
8.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Senators were alternately sympathetic and combative toward Kennedy’s views on health during his confirmation hearings on Wednesday and Thursday.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Alternately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alternately. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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