alternative
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Plus, mortgage lenders turn to alternative loans to jump-start sluggish housing market.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Some private high schools could have alternative schedules.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
That underlines Japan’s push to seek alternative energy sources since the conflict shuttered the Strait of Hormuz, Capital Economics economist Marcel Thieliant.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
"Children's homes continue to offer a compelling alternative to traditional buy-to-lets," argues one middleman who markets his ability to secure the required planning permission on Instagram.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Yet the alternative vision, that death was nothing but an endless silence, seemed unlikely.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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