The phrase "alternating positions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where two or more entities switch or change places or roles in a regular pattern.
Example: "In the game, players take turns alternating positions on the board to strategize their moves."
Alternatives: "switching roles" or "rotating places".
And imagine the two of them alternating positions right, left and center to bamboozle defenses.
All Aβ simplified derivatives showed reduced fibrillogenic properties, thus underlining that the introduction of glycine residues in alternating positions allows to obtain modified peptides maintaining the main immunogenic properties of the parent peptides, but with reduced ability to adopt a β-sheet conformation and therefore a much lower risk of toxicity in humans.
We investigated the optical and electronic properties of three kinds of polycarbazole with linkages located at 2,7-, 3,6-, and alternating positions, corresponding to poly N-dodecyl-2,7-carbazolediyl), poly N-dodecyl-2,7-carbazolediyl), and poly N-dodecyl-2,7-carbazolediyl-alt-N-dodecyl-3,6-carbazolediyl), respoly N-dodecyl-2,7-carbazolediyl
Together, the pair tweaked the design of the two molecules and got them to spontaneously stack together in alternating positions, like beads on a string.
Red Bull and Williams completed the top 10 in alternating positions with Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat seventh fastest, ahead of Williams' Valtteri Bottas, then Daniel Ricciardo and Felipe Massa.
Given the different nature of the cooperating chaperones, Hsp70 and Hsp90 may either occupy alternating positions on the UNC-45 chain or bind sequentially to carry out early and late folding steps, respectively.
Gothic also had a fourth class: full-nō-da 'it became full.' Many Proto-Germanic strong verbs showed a consonant alternation between *f and *ƀ, *þ and *ð, *x and *ǥ, and *s and *z that was the result, through Verner's law, of the alternating position of the Proto-Indo-European accent.
After air drying, two tested leaf discs and two control ones were set in alternating position in the same Petri dish (90 mm in diameter), with moistened filter paper at the bottom.
Tentacles arranged in alternating position with mesenteries.
The puppeteers, who alternate positions, had to lift weights and train for the show's physical demands.
Mauricio Pochettino's shape was unusual – Christian Eriksen was in essence playing as a conventional midfielder, although he sometimes alternated positions with the right‑sided Moussa Sissoko.
