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Open models have emerged as a cheaper alternative to closed models.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Leaving a facility would mean the family has to take on all care responsibilities, as finding alternative placements is difficult.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

“Many brokerage platforms give rather poor yield in the cash sweep account. An alternative could be a low-cost short-term treasury ETF.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

A government proposal would help fund managers sell alternative investments to a wider audience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Christina wanted Ferdinand’s horoscope to be cast, but she was not sure when he had been born and offered two alternative dates more than a year apart: 19 July 1548 and 30 July 1549.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

"If the government is to cut the Youth Parliament there should be reasons and there has to be alternatives, even if the funding is tight," Aman Fatima, MYP for Essex, told BBC Politics East.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

In the mid-1980s, the Victorian government launched a major restructure of the timber industry, and invested today’s equivalent of A$26 million to explore alternatives to clearfelling.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

The strain from energy bottlenecks has forced digital infrastructure providers to seek out alternatives to bypass local and regional grids, connecting directly to power sources, such as nuclear or gas-powered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Executives from ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, Phillips 66 and their lobbyists consulted Trump’s team on diesel supplies in recent days, advising the administration to pursue alternatives to an outright export ban, some of those people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

My mind whirs this way and that, weighing the alternatives, then grinds to a halt under the strain.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García