alternative explanation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofalternativeandexplanation
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alternative
adjective
uk/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
An alternative plan or method is one that you can use if you do not want to use ...
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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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Here, then, analternativeexplanationof the equitable man is required.
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Analternativeexplanationis that endosperm softening requires more than mannan degradation.
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With this in mind, we offer analternativeexplanationfor the organic offerings contained in the ceramic vessels.
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A possiblealternativeexplanationmight be that campaigns of moral regulation were responses to mortality crises.
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Because the chronological order of the verses cannot explain the contradictions in their contents, the author presents analternativeexplanation.
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Analternativeexplanationwould focus, again, on the dynamics of kinship networks.
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Analternativeexplanationis the presence of leftover sediment inbetween the beads after the final wash step.
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Age-related differences in risk of infection represent an unlikelyalternativeexplanation.
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Our findings suggest analternativeexplanationthat emphasizes the role of market forces in determining individual bank capitalization decisions.
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The plausiblealternativeexplanationof purely typological similarity is not even mentioned.
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I highlight these complications and suggest myalternativeexplanationin the remainder of the paper.
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Analternativeexplanationmay rest on different views of "acceptable" student behavior among teachers in two schools.
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Analternativeexplanationfor this finding, however, is the rater bias by which twins are rated more similar than they actually are.
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Analternativeexplanationis that the gender difference in endorsement of symptoms is the result of response bias.
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This finding might be analternativeexplanationfor the compromised developmental capacity and pregnancy rate of cloned embryos.
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Analternativeexplanationfor the positional asymmetry in the acquisition of clusters is morphological.
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We also consider one importantalternativeexplanationfor response instability in the variance model - uncertainty.
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However, analternativeexplanationcould be limited statistical power due to the small number of studies included in the metaanalysis.
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Analternativeexplanationis that either there is a methodological bias or the model is wrong.
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