Alternating
Alternating adjective - Occurring by turns; first one and then the other.
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Next and alternating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Next" instead an adjective "Alternating".
Next
Next adjective - Being the one that comes immediately after another.
Alternating and next are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alternating" instead an adjective "Next".
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After Larry parted for a solo career in 1991, and the next album featured drummer John Dittrich, keyboardist Dave Innis, and bassist Paul Gregg alternating as lead singers.
Source: The Band Minus the Face - When Maximus flees Germania and rides as fast as he can back to Spain, he starts with two horses, and in the next scene we see the second one dying under him, with the implication that he was alternating horses, but still working them too hard.
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Super Mario RPG has many minigames, which themselves have UGCs; one minigame has you sliding down a waterfall in one part and riding barrels down a river in the next, and another has you riding in a mine cart, alternating between Mode 7 sequences and Minecart Madness.
Source: Unexpected Gameplay Change
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