as in alternately
in place of another option
We could go out for dinner or, alternatively, we could get takeout.
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Recent Examples of alternatively
Or, alternatively, the team could move on from Max Muncy by declining his option for 2026 and slot Bichette in at third.
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Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
While the weather is chilly, pack a jacket to explore; alternatively, spend an afternoon inside one of the city’s top art museums, such as the Walker Art Center or the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which offers free admission.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
Rover Tiny Homes describes it as a flex room and suggests it could alternatively be used as a storage space or media room.
—New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors alternatively asked the court to overturn the anti-SLAPP law, either in its entirety or in its use in criminal cases.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Combs' lawyers had previously filed a motion asking Subramanian to either overturn his criminal conviction on the transportation to engage in prostitution charges, or alternatively, grant him a new trial.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office last week charged Fatherley with second-degree murder, or, alternatively, involuntary manslaughter, for his role in Adair’s death.
—Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
Are alternatively escapist or educational, depending on the club’s goals.
—Linda-Marie Barrett
september 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
The situation changes as firms transition from traditional management to the value creating mode, or alternatively, regress backwards.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
While the weather is chilly, pack a jacket to explore; alternatively, spend an afternoon inside one of the city’s top art museums, such as the Walker Art Center or the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which offers free admission.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
Rover Tiny Homes describes it as a flex room and suggests it could alternatively be used as a storage space or media room.
—New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors alternatively asked the court to overturn the anti-SLAPP law, either in its entirety or in its use in criminal cases.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Combs' lawyers had previously filed a motion asking Subramanian to either overturn his criminal conviction on the transportation to engage in prostitution charges, or alternatively, grant him a new trial.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office last week charged Fatherley with second-degree murder, or, alternatively, involuntary manslaughter, for his role in Adair’s death.
—Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
Are alternatively escapist or educational, depending on the club’s goals.
—Linda-Marie Barrett
september 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
The situation changes as firms transition from traditional management to the value creating mode, or alternatively, regress backwards.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alternatively
alternately
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Later, Godchaux would front her own group, alternately known as Donna Jean and the Tricksters and the Donna Jean Godchaux Band.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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Inspired by his studies of witchcraft and medieval witch hunts, Danish director Benjamin Christensen made this unclassifiable film that moves freely between straightforward accounts of witchcraft and alternately eerie and hilarious depictions of orgiastic Satan worship and other sinister deeds.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Alternatively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alternatively. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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