alternative

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Now, with support from the Foundational Questions Institute, FQxI, an international group of physicists has taken a closer look at alternative explanations known as quantum collapse models.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, oil and other commodities produced in the Middle East can’t easily reach global markets through alternative routes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

The alternative asset manager posted higher income and revenue in its latest quarter and logged record first-quarter fundraising of $30 billion, a 45% jump from the previous year.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

His fundamental difference with the SNP remains the independence question, even if Labour's support for new nuclear power stations does offer an alternative dividing line.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

But when US forces arrived on the edge of Prophet’s Town on November 6, 1811, Tenskwatawa saw no alternative but to attack, despite his brother’s instructions.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz