alternatively

Example Sentences

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Previously, corporations had the choice of paying California tax based on their share of sales in the state or, alternatively, a formula that factored more heavily their in-state payroll and property.

From The Wall Street Journal

Or, alternatively, did your mom share the news and then refuse to discuss it again?

From Washington Post

Despite photographs of the ravaged hospital and victims of the bombing, corroborated by the United Nations, Russian officials denied having hit the hospital, or alternatively said it had not been used as a hospital.

From New York Times

"We just hope the next time he jumps off the boat, they're going to try to take the boat away, so that he uses the rib alternatively," she said.

From BBC

Companies are choosing vaccination policies that reflect the existing preferences of their workforces — or alternatively, avoiding decisions on mandates entirely — because managers don’t want to alienate anyone.

From Washington Post