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alternative

[awl-tur-nuh-tiv, al-] / ɔlˈtɜr nə tɪv, æl- /




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Mr. Musk realizes the value of the arbitration alternative.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The alternative argument about the AI build-out is buttressed by the fact that capital expenditure isn’t immediately reflected in profit and losses.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

Starting in the early 1990s, charters gradually took hold in L.A., persuading parents they offered an attractive education alternative, and they now enroll about 1 in 5 public school students living within L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

For all the recent noise about day-one markups, Hirsch says he hasn’t heard a better alternative put forward for accounting for them.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

For Gilbert, the experimental method is an alternative, not a supplement, to Aristotle.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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