All 7 Uses

alternative
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Hunger Games Book #3 (Mockingjay)
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A twenty-year commitment to the Peacekeepers, no marriage, no children allowed. Some buy into it for the honor of the thing, others take it on as an alternative to punishment.
Chpt 6 *

alternative = something available as another possibility
"That is your earpiece. I will give you exactly one more chance to wear it. If you remove it from your ear again, I'll have you fitted with this." He holds up some sort of metal headgear that I instantly name the head shackle. "It's an alternative audio unit that locks around your skull and under your chin until it's opened with a key."
Chpt 8 *

alternative = non-standard
I refuse to consider the alternative.†
Chpt 1
We die at home, which at the moment seems a far desirable alternative to what lies in front of me.†
Chpt 7
When we come to the steps leading down, Pollux and I are scanning for a possible alternative on the Holo when I start gagging.†
Chpt 22
There are too many alternative endings to that plan.†
Chpt 23
So, an alternative has been placed on the table.†
Chpt 26

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)