alternate explanation
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alternate
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɒlˈtɜː.nət/us/ˈɑːl.tɝː.nət/
with first one thing, then another thing, and then the first ...
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explanation
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/
the details or reasons that someone gives to make something clear or easy ...
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However, analternateexplanationfor this bias could be a lateralization, or "handedness," in feeding behavior or use of the left eye in sunfish.
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For all other stimulus variables examined, no significant difference was identified across the 12 unique picture-word conditions that could serve as analternateexplanationfor the experimental results.
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Analternateexplanationfor the disparate patterns of using first versus second person pronouns by the residents and staff may be related to the different roles played by each group.
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Analternateexplanationfor noise is the bubbling of escaping gases from natural decomposition of bodies.
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It is possible that analternateexplanationfor the origin of saimin comes from the historical relationship between the two pacific island cultures.
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Analternateexplanationwas that publishing standards at the time allowed only a single book a year.
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Temporal coding supplies analternateexplanationfor the noise, suggesting that it actually encodes information and affects neural processing.
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Naturally, however, all alternate explanations should be considered and tested.
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Examining their detailed and comprehensive report, few alternate explanations occur to us.
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These experimental design issues permit alternate explanations for the observed behavioral deficits.
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There are alternate explanations for our findings.
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After rejecting alternate explanations for this decline in happiness, he turns to the device paradigm for what he considers the superior explanation.
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This would presume annual layering; however, alternate explanations (diurnal) have also been proposed.
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Buss proposes alternate explanations of emergence of the strong male coalitions.
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However, even after he advanced his hypothesis, some prominent scientists advanced alternate explanations.
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As most current evidence for decay leaves room for alternate explanations, studies indicating a neural basis for the idea of decay will give the theory new solid support.
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