alternative

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This was later raised to about 520,000 naira after protests but she says this was insufficient to secure alternative housing.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

An alternative is the smaller, public Blackstone Secured Lending, which has a similar industry lending allocation and some of the same loans.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The scope of the company has expanded since it was founded in 2003 as Glidesoft, providing a web-based alternative to traditional help-desk software.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, private credit or “shadow banking” grew as an alternative to the regulations and shared risk that institutional banks operate within.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

In the Tychonic, or geoheliocentric, system, invented as an alternative to Copernicanism in 1588, the planets circle the sun, and the sun and moon circle the Earth.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton