as an alternative
Example Sentences
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The other Big Tech spenders may be forced to follow Alphabet’s lead in selling equity as an alternative to heaping on more debt.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
When he's fit, I'd see Carse as an alternative to Tongue – a wicket-taking option when the ball gets older.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
She urges the medical profession to study music’s ability to “kickstart new patterns of thought” through daydreams as an alternative to drugs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
In that opinion, Roberts not only assured readers that things had changed in the South; he pointed to Section 2 as an alternative means of providing protection to minority voters on a national basis.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
It was an iteration, a simultaneous arm and evolution of hip-hop, and, coolest of all—it was originally used as an alternative to physical violence.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
