Alternating
Alternating adjective - Occurring by turns; first one and then the other.
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Usual and alternating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Usual" instead an adjective "Alternating".
Usual
Usual adjective - Accepted, used, or practiced by most people.
Alternating and usual are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alternating" instead an adjective "Usual".
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The Stoic: Soupy's usual reaction to getting pied, alternating between "well, that happened" and "yeah, I kinda deserved that..." The Unintelligible: White Fang.
Source: Creator / Soupy Sales -
VERY common lyrically on the Darker and Edgier Brutal Planet and Dragontown albums, as they focus on "real-world" issues far more than usual, alternating between dark but somewhat humorous satire and pure, well, brutality.
Source: Music / Alice Cooper - She thus begins alternating between her usual gloominess and gushing over him the moment she so much as hears his name (heaven forbid the one who mentions him is another girl and/or wants him dead), until her warmer personality gradually takes over.
Source: Sugar and Ice Personality
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