alternative
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The mayor’s alternative — a 9.5% across-the-board property-tax hike — faced fierce pushback.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
It defers it to a moment when Iran’s alternative financial infrastructure is more mature, more diffuse, and more difficult to address than it is today.
From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026
Hungary's incoming prime minister says he wants to diversify Hungary's oil supplies, especially by making better use of an alternative pipeline from the Croatian island of Krk.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
At one point, Canva, which pitches its visual-design suite as an alternative to products including those from Microsoft and Adobe, touted late 2025 as a potential target for going public.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
"Better than the alternative," I respond immediately with the joke my father always uses whenever someone tells him he’s looking older.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing alternative
Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The Catcher in the Rye
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