alternative
Example Sentences
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She said she understood some alternative facilities in Scotland were being explored.
From BBC
"If you just need to grate some cheese over pasta, there are alternatives," she said.
From Barron's
Because the alternative, as I have learned so many times, is to get woken at 4 a.m. by the previous guest’s unreasonably early alarm setting.
But he seemed inclined to press the prosecutors to seek a change in Treasury policy given the alternative.
With governments scrambling to find alternative sources of fuel, Zimbabwe has said it will increase the amount of ethanol it uses in its petrol, from 5% to 20%.
From BBC
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