The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word ALTERNATED
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What does ALTERNATED mean?
ALTERNATED verb- To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
- To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
- To vary by turns.
- To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.