stark alternative
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstarkandalternative
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stark
adjective
uk/stɑːk/us/stɑːrk/
empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is ...
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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 ofstarkandalternativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That seems to me to be thestarkalternativeto a dictatorial imposition.
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I now face thestarkalternativeof voting for or against the motion or the amendment.
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That, unfortunately, is thestarkalternativewhich faces us as regards these temporary houses.
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That is thestarkalternativefacing them today.
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We are faced with a simple,starkalternative.
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That is thestarkalternative.
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Does he go around the country presenting parents with astarkalternative—either that schools should be closed or damaging cuts incurred in spending on teachers, books, materials and equipment?
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We are faced with thisstarkalternative.
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Those are the stark alternatives—and it might be that confrontation and inflation go together.
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With 6,943 people on the waiting list in my area she has very little option between these stark alternatives.
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That leaves only the stark alternatives of arbitration or war.
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Inevitably, the question is being asked whether we need face such stark alternatives.
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I hope that somewhere between those two stark alternatives there is a more rational and realistic solution.
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We support the proposals because we see them as providing at least an interim measure between the two stark alternatives.
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These are the stark alternatives.
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