alternative

That’s how some refer to blockbooks, which were briefly an alternative to handwritten and typographically printed books in the 15th century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

They were seen as a safer alternative to phones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The dormouse felt the good food turn to ashes in his mouth at the thought of his betrayal of fellow mice, but there was no alternative if he wanted to save his family.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

But as concerns about the environmental impact grow, the tech industry is exploring alternatives.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The mountain lions had either died or migrated, and the humans were now facing the same two alternatives.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman