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alternatives

NOUN

possible choice

Synonyms

STRONGEST

opportunity option substitute

STRONG

druthers pick preference recourse redundancy selection sub

WEAK

back-up other other fish in sea other fish to fry take it or leave it

Antonyms

STRONG

rejection

WEAK

compulsion constraint necessity obligation restraint

Example Sentences

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For tech stocks, that number is probably even higher, given the lack, particularly in Europe, of domestic alternatives.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Transportation stocks, options bets and profitable companies are among the popular alternatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Indonesia, for instance, planned to replace diesel and coal electricity-generation units with cleaner alternatives, but had been moving slowly.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Across property-casualty insurers, the share of alternatives was 6% in 2025, up from 4% in 2014.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Level of style won’t help you here: unlike the alternatives set apart by other pseudo-rules in the oral tradition, neither which nor that is more formal than the other. verbing and other neologisms.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker