sound alternative

collocation in English

meaningsofsoundandalternative

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sound
adjective
uk
/saʊnd/us
/saʊnd/
not broken or damaged; healthy; in ...
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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 ofsoundandalternativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsound alternative

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It is important, though, thatsoundalternativeproducts are available.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It is certainly a verysoundalternative, and, in my submission, just as good as either insurance or a mutual indemnity scheme.
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Hansard archive
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In both their views the outline scheme fell far short of being asoundalternative.
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Rail, in addition to water, is asoundalternative.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Herbal medicine must, moreover, be seen as an ecologicallysoundalternativeto the many unnatural chemicals we let out into the environment in the form of chemical medicine.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Literature circles are a pedagogicallysoundalternativeto teacher-centered discourse.
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Effective and environmentally sound alternatives to polyethylene mulch are needed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Derungs interprets landscape features in terms of totemism, shamanism and matriarchal mythology, claiming that his approach qualifies as neither esotericism nor as positivism but as asoundalternativeto both.
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There are sound alternatives to using cadmium in such tools.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
All materials that are damaging to the environment and people’s health must be removed from the waste cycle and replaced by ecologically sound alternatives.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The best way to do this is to create good conditions for legal, operationally sound alternatives.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Although the transitional period is somewhat limited, we assume that the feed industry and poultry farming will find sound alternatives to these substances within that time.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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