alternatives

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Room there may be to say the alternatives were a judgment upon him, but who will deny him pity? ...

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  1. noun The choice between two mutually exclusive possibilities.
  2. noun A situation presenting such a choice.
  3. noun Either of these possibilities. See Synonyms at choice.

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  • The Portsmouth Herald reports the study by HNTB is intended to study how both bridges serve the area and the region, and what the alternatives are as well as the impact on business and residents. —  Maine News Updates - Central Maine Newspapers, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
  • Victor Montori: Yes, so I'm passing on these cards to you for you to review it and what the card essentially shows is that the drug that you're currently on say metformin is not associated with any change in your weight but the alternatives are associated with weight gain, some of them quite dramatic, except for one that is associated with weight loss.
  • Not that the alternatives are all that appetizing. —  The National Ledger - News
  • It's where comments are received, and, allegedly, are reviewed to help decision-makers decide which among the alternatives should be approved. —  The Political Environment
  • But the alternatives are actively emerging all around them now -- and if history holds true, the odds are that their very resistance will cost them any chance they might have had to become the dominant players in that new regime. —  Blog entry
 

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