as an alternative
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Rising Treasury yields can sometimes drag on stocks by increasing the cost of borrowing for businesses and consumers and making bonds more appealing as an alternative investment.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
In that opinion, Roberts not only assured readers that things had changed in the South; he pointed to Section 2 as an alternative means of providing protection to minority voters on a national basis.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
The three businesses affected will pay money as part of an enforcement undertaking, which the agency can use as an alternative sanction to prosecution or a financial penalty.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
His duties include running a program that offers treatment to qualified individuals as an alternative to incarceration.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
In the Tychonic, or geoheliocentric, system, invented as an alternative to Copernicanism in 1588, the planets circle the sun, and the sun and moon circle the Earth.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
