Alternates
Returns and alternates are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Returns" instead a verb "Alternates".
Returns
Alternates and returns are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alternates" instead a verb "Returns".
Both words in one sentence
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In Final Fantasy Tactics, Trisection starts in 12/8, moves to 5/8, alternates between 7/8 and 5/8 a couple of times, goes back to 12/8 for a bar of percussion only, returns to 5/8, does another bar of 12/8 percussion, then loops.
Source: Uncommon Time
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Returns and Alternates. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/alternates/returns
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