All 4 Uses

alternative
in
This I Believe
(Edited)

Let's consider the alternatives.
Chpt 7 *

alternatives = possibilities
The alternative is unacceptable.
Chpt 51

alternative = other possibility
Through imagination and our desire for rapport, we transcend our limitations, freshen our eyes, and are able to look at ourselves and the world through a new and alternative lens.
Chpt 54 *

alternative = non-traditional or non-standard
Compromise is the best alternative to brute muscle or money or raw numbers.
Chpt 69

alternative = other possibility

Definitions:

(1) (alternative as in: an alternative plan)
a different choice or possibility, or describing something that offers a different choice or possibility
(2) (alternative as in: alternative medicine)
non-traditional or non-standard
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)