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alternative

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




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Although there are many alternative remedies for menopause, hormone replacement therapy remains the most effective treatment for the symptoms of menopause.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

A team led by Lawrence Kazak at McGill University's Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute has now identified the molecular trigger for this alternative system, known as the futile creatine cycle.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

The tariffs shook Chinese businesses and led to goods piling up in warehouses, while US firms scrambled to find alternative supplies.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Whether other Fed policymakers and the markets warm to this alternative reading remains to be seen.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

There may be no technological or sociological explanation for the decline in belief in witchcraft in the early eighteenth century, but there is an alternative explanation ready to hand.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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