- plural of alternative.
alternatives
Example Sentences
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Becker said he’s focused on evidence of price gouging in California specifically, where a small handful of refineries serve a relatively isolated market with limited alternatives for sourcing fuel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
While Monte dei Paschi is reportedly looking for alternatives to the Intesa offer, the value-creation potential of that bid will be difficult to replicate through alternative transactions, the analyst adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"The alternatives for getting cargo, whether that's hydrocarbons or container shipping, are really not great… it is really still troubling times with no clarity and no change of fortunes within sight."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
In the third, an unreleased research AI model, couldn’t find the functional target company and looked for alternatives, scanning 9,000 targets on the internet and eventually finding one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
He liked to set things up, and had an abhorrence of blundering along without having considered the alternatives well in advance.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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