In a sentence
Six example sentences with alternative, each labelled with its topic.
The panel offered one alternative to a full trial, and both sides signed the mediation agreement before the deadline.
Law
With eight seconds left the only alternative to a contested three was a long pass nobody had practiced.
Basketball
Every alternative on the table cost the pension fund something, and the trustees spent four hours choosing the least painful one.
Finance
The only alternative to the overnight bus was a flight costing three times as much, so we took the bus.
Travel
The surgeon laid out one alternative to the operation, a brace worn for a year, and let the family decide.
Medicine
Nearly out of cash, the founders saw one alternative to closing: sell the product to their biggest customer.
Startups
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