realistic alternative

collocation in English

meaningsofrealisticandalternative

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realistic
adjective
uk
/ˌrɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌriː.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
accepting things as they are in fact and not making decisions based on unlikely hopes for ...
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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 ofrealisticandalternativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If this system is capable of producing acceptable results in real-time, it becomes arealisticalternativeto the manual insertion of accents.
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To understand when this test has power, it is important to consider arealisticalternativeto the null.
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This no-screening option was important because nonattendance is arealisticalternativein screening.
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In one, equipment failure occurred; in addition, therealisticalternativeway of transport to hospital was not obvious.
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Thus, simple heuristics and environmental structure can both work hand in hand to provide arealisticalternativeto the ideal of optimization, whether unbounded or constrained.
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Yet neither great power could at this stage offer arealisticalternativeto monetary co-operation beyond the tested technical methods and aims of central bank co-operation in the 1920s.
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Rural communities need lower fares and more convenient and accessible services, so that public transport can be arealisticalternativein people's transport needs.
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Such an anachronism must be removed by finding arealisticalternative.
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Those who choose to criticise what has happened over recent days must ask themselves about therealisticalternativeto what we have done.
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It seems to me that they must demonstrate that there really are feasible,realisticalternativetrading arrangements available to us.
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Local protests will only be given serious consideration if they are accompanied byrealisticalternativesolutions within the expenditure limits.
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Once again, there is no practicable orrealisticalternativeto the course on which we are set.
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I see norealisticalternativeto the regulation of charging policy and trading practices which might exploit airport users.
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The anti-nuclear lobby refuses to face arealisticalternative.
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We shall not be able to make the patient better until we adopt the onlyrealisticalternativeoption; namely, congestion charging.
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There is only onerealisticalternativeto the arms race.
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Effective public transport has a crucial role in that package approach and at local level must provide arealisticalternativeto the car.
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In practice, what happens is that most parents come to the conclusion that walking that sort of distance is not arealisticalternative.
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