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South Africa's victory in the third Test suggests they will need an alternative before long.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
"Motorists are advised to avoid the area and seek alternative routes," the sheriff's office said.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Although leaving bread when you’re dead gets most of the attention, baby boomers, Generation X and financial advisers could look at a more helpful, immediate alternative: giving while living.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
The alternative approach finally revealed a trace amount of single-stranded DNA that earlier experiments had missed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Legalistic debates over federal versus state sovereignty were just the most accessible handles to grab, the safest and most politically suitable ways to talk about alternative national visions.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
In June 2025 P&R said the review of these grants would look at different options for relocation support, including possible alternatives, using workforce data and financial analysis.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Before lab-grown cocoa hits the market, the already available alternatives that contain no actual cocoa probably won’t win any chocolatiering competitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
If a project could cause significant environmental harm that can’t easily be avoided, it undergoes a more detailed environmental review to examine its potential effects and alternatives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Further studies will be needed to determine whether the sweeteners themselves contribute to changes in brain function, why certain groups appear more strongly affected, and whether different sugar alternatives produce different long-term outcomes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 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
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