alternative

Example Sentences

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"You would have liked to have thought… this would have been a great opportunity… to demonstrate the importance of sustainable fuel as an alternative."

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Tankers appear to be now testing an alternative route to exit the strait by hugging close to the south near Oman, the senior currency analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

He said he understood concerns about transit in the Strait of Hormuz, and that Russia and China would propose an alternative draft resolution.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The complex includes the West Coast offices of L’Oreal USA, the headquarters of alternative protein company Beyond and labs that El Segundo aerospace company Varda Space Industries recently subleased from Beyond.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

An alternative view is that postmodernists do not want to recognize the existence of ‘reality’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton