every other
idiom
1
: 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.
2
—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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He was permitted to see the children every other weekend.
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Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
Like the current HomePod software—and just about every other OS Apple maintains—homeOS would likely be a specialized offshoot of iOS.
—ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
However, except for nail technicians, every other category of professionals in the beauty industry enjoys an exclusion in California law that allows them to be classified as independent contractors.
—Lillian Ashworth, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
Started working there and hanging out at the jazz clubs down around Christopher Street at nighttime after the set and kept going and worked about eight years, six or seven years — every other job known to man, busboy, back waiter, bartender, moving company, film car driver.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 6 June 2025
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Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
Like the current HomePod software—and just about every other OS Apple maintains—homeOS would likely be a specialized offshoot of iOS.
—ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
However, except for nail technicians, every other category of professionals in the beauty industry enjoys an exclusion in California law that allows them to be classified as independent contractors.
—Lillian Ashworth, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
Started working there and hanging out at the jazz clubs down around Christopher Street at nighttime after the set and kept going and worked about eight years, six or seven years — every other job known to man, busboy, back waiter, bartender, moving company, film car driver.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 6 June 2025
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“Every other.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/every%20other. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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