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alternatives

NOUN

possible choice

Synonyms

STRONGEST

opportunity option substitute

STRONG

druthers pick preference recourse redundancy selection sub

WEAK

back-up other other fish in sea other fish to fry take it or leave it

Antonyms

STRONG

rejection

WEAK

compulsion constraint necessity obligation restraint

Example Sentences

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Many Americans don’t have transportation alternatives for work, which means they keep paying the extra cost of gas while they can, but it takes up more of their paycheck.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

Information from the report also showed that misinformation is being spread regularly on social media, including harmful information about how sun cream contains toxic chemicals and how natural alternatives are just as affective.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

About 20% of the world’s supply of oil and roughly the same portion of its LNG have been cut off at the Strait of Hormuz, leading import-dependent countries to seek alternatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

One path to reforming higher education is to develop alternatives to current institutions, and an option gaining steam is for universities to do so within their own gates.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Happily he let out that for years organic chemists had been arbitrarily favoring particular tautomeric forms over their alternatives on only the flimsiest of grounds.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson