alternative

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While Freud, Mr. Phillips tells us, describes human beings “as driving the horse in the direction the horse wants to go,” Rorty “wants us to wonder what are better alternative descriptions.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

"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

“The alternative I don’t think is one that people want to deal with right now. What we aren’t looking for is massive confrontation, or anything like that.”

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

It was almost four o’clock when I reached the car—much too late to try an alternative hike elsewhere.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson