suggested alternative

collocation in English

meaningsofsuggestandalternative

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suggest
verb[T]
uk
/səˈdʒest/us
/səˈdʒest/
to mention an idea, possible plan, or action for other people ...
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alternative
noun[C]
uk
/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us
/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
something that is different from something else, especially from what is usual, and offering the possibility ...
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(Definition ofsuggestandalternativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsuggested alternative

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This is a somewhat alarming result, given that thesuggestedalternativealgorithm (stochastic gradient) is just a small deviation from the commonly used least-squares algorithm.
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On the notables list, user with at least onesuggestedalternative.
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Anysuggestedalternativethat would be widely acceptable without attracting either criticism or particular attention?
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A number of authorssuggestedalternativeideas as to why lateralization might have evolved.
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Embryologists raised these questions andsuggestedalternativetheoretical responses, but they had no way to answer them scientifically until the late nineteenth century.
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Further research on the jade picks confirms that other scholars have also questioned the "bloodletter" interpretation, have noted their utilitarian form, and have tentativelysuggestedalternativefunctions for these objects.
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Delay has been caused by consideration of representations on asuggestedalternativeline for a slip road.
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We have to accept that opinion, especially scientific opinion, is divided about the acceptability of some of thesuggestedalternativetests.
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I am not altogether happy about what is thesuggestedalternative.
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Thesuggestedalternativephrase—"has reasonable grounds to believe"—appears regularly in legislation and is commonly understood by legislators and those in the courts.
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There is something to be said about this, because thesuggestedalternative, one can see, may give rise to certain difficulties.
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But in the meantime we havesuggestedalternativemeasures to the county council.
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I have ventured to put down asuggestedalternative.
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Thesuggestedalternativeof a visit to a large, multiple superstore is not available within seven or eight miles.
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I am by no means uncritical of it, but it does seem to me, with all its shortcomings, vastly prefer- able to thesuggestedalternative.
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Prison is a rotten solution, but if one moves away from it what is thesuggestedalternative?
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All thesuggestedalternativetypes of cable are still the subject of research and development.
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The answer was that thesuggestedalternativesite had been built on 30 years before.
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