alternatives
Example Sentences
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It can create alternatives that others can produce.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
The Trump administration is pushing America’s food giants to embrace natural food colors that it views as safer alternatives to artificial dyes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
A lack of available fuel and the rise of faster, cheaper alternatives like solar power, gas, or geothermal energy could derail the stock, Jefferies points out.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Meanwhile, the oil market has been relying heavily on alternatives to make up for that loss of supply.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
A restrictive relative clause is essential to the meaning of the sentence, often because it pinpoints the referent of the noun from among a set of alternatives.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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