coherent alternative

collocation in English

meaningsofcoherentandalternative

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coherent
adjective
uk
/kəʊˈhɪə.rənt/us
/koʊˈhɪr.ənt/
If an argument, set of ideas, or a plan is coherent, it is clear and carefully considered, and each part of it connects or follows in a natural or ...
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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 ofcoherentandalternativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He objects to the "impoverished theoretical agenda" within which we place our review, but does not outline acoherentalternative.
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Gradually the notion of environmentalism came to supplant conservationism, establishing acoherentalternative philosophy grounded in a separate set of principles.
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The destroyers, however, had nocoherentalternativeto offer.
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We have never heard from either party anycoherentalternativeeconomic strategy.
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They pretend that there is some third course, that they have a valid andcoherentalternativeto the other models.
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We are waiting to see whether they will come up with acoherentalternativestrategy today for tackling the problems of social security.
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The motion provides acoherentalternativeand the basis for what has already been an interesting debate.
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Over the past few weeks and months, she has worked extremely hard to try to come up with acoherentalternative.
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It was a string of ill-considered cliches with nocoherentalternative.
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No serious attempt has been made to present anycoherentalternative.
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The absence of anycoherentalternativesuggests that no one can produce a better method of building in a firm anti-inflation policy than central bank independence.
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Having read the motion and the amendment, we find that we are left with the onlycoherentalternative—an alternative that we shall probably use in the end in any event.
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Only through developing a critical edge to their thinking will civic associations be able to offer coherent alternatives to the dominant ' free-market ' approach to development.
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The critics of sanctions suggest no coherent alternatives.
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