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alternative

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




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McManamon says stock up on nuts as a sweet alternative but be aware that they may have a shorter shelf life.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

Everything about the event seemed designed to make alternative finance feel fun.

From Slate Sep. 20, 2026

In one experiment in which termites had no untreated alternative, the 0.1 percent bistrifluron treatment produced about 99 percent mortality after 60 days.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

The pipeline carries crude from Saudi Arabia’s eastern oil fields to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, providing an alternative export route when flows through the Strait of Hormuz are constrained.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

There are twenty amino acids in all, and four letters could not specify twenty alternative states by themselves.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Huawei Technologies is ramping up development of alternatives to Nvidia’s artificial-intelligence computing systems, part of China’s push to reduce reliance on U.S. technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Wooden-pole alternatives are around 12m high but can carry less electricity.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

“Now there’s alternatives that potentially weren’t around back when my parents and my grandparents were around. People are starting to understand that buying a house isn’t the only way to build wealth.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

Those concerns have intensified efforts worldwide to find alternatives.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

My mother tried to interest me in a variety of suitable alternatives from a list Effie Trinket sent her.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins




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