superior alternative

collocation in English

meaningsofsuperiorandalternative

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superior
adjective
uk
/suːˈpɪə.ri.ər/us
/səˈpɪr.i.ɚ/
better than average or better than other people or things of the ...
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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 ofsuperiorandalternativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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First-best arguments, by contrast, see direct democracy as imperfect in one way or another, and see indirect or representative institutions as a politicallysuperioralternative.
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For defined contribution funds, it is hard to argue a sound case for such rules, given thesuperioralternativeof prudent person rules.
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Asuperioralternativeis to partition the interval into small subintervals, where convergence and adequate precision can be assured.
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A sordid history of political marginalisation of the peasantry makes freehold asuperioralternativeto more secure state leasehold.
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From a social perspective, whether transgenic crops are asuperioralternativewill depend on a full social accounting - including the potential costs from unintended negative consequences.
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This is an important point since we must identify precisely what is objectionable about the current globalization if we are to construct a realistic andsuperioralternative.
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One of the reasons for the decline in rural bus services is that people have thesuperioralternativeof the car.
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These products can be used as asuperioralternativeto hydrazones in the transformation of ketones into alkanes.
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This study argued that a bus-rail system was asuperioralternativeto an all-bus system, with only a remote chance of a disastrous result.
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A white gardenia is sometimes seen as asuperioralternativeto carnations given its scent and beauty.
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Chanoff believes resettlement is a vastlysuperioralternativeto refugee camps, since re-settled refugees can support themselves and get on with their own lives.
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Calculations indicates that seed orchard seeds are still to be expected to asuperioralternativeto older and more mature seed orchards or stand seeds.
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Supporters argued that it offered asuperioralternativeto the current law-enforcement based methods used by the recording industry.
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The material has many potential applications and is considered asuperioralternativeto silicon.
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It was supplanted in the late 19th century by superior alternatives such as kerosene and petroleum-based lubricants.
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There is evidence suggesting that there might be superior alternatives if there were sufficient interest to support research into such matters.
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Vinyl ether was used infrequently for long operations because of toxicity, cost, and superior alternatives.
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