option
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Banda's more than two million residents - many dependent on farming, construction, transport and other outdoor work - had little option but to endure the heat.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
"This gives us the option to go public after the Securities and Exchange Commission completes its review," the company said in a statement.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
The move “gives us the option to go public after the SEC completes its review,” Anthropic said in a statement.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
One option, he said, is for the technology to be added to pilots’ tablet computers mounted in cockpits.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
There was another option, which was to use an existing phrase that avoided the term ‘philosophy’—‘natural science’—and this usage was common in the seventeenth century.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing option
The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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