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The phrase "a satisfactory alternative for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing options or substitutes that meet a certain level of acceptability or quality in a given context.
Example: "While the original plan was ideal, we need to find a satisfactory alternative for our current situation."
Alternatives: "an acceptable substitute for" or "a viable option for".
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A satisfactory alternative for Mr Putin, if negotiations fail, might be a so-called "frozen conflict" in which a breakaway republic, internationally unrecognised, acts as a permanently destabilising presence within Ukraine.Separatist leaders made their aims clear following the ceasefire announcement in Minsk, the Belarusian capital.
But neither does the Stoic ideal of apatheia offer a satisfactory alternative, for it is simply implausible.
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Scientists and philosophers have debated his conclusions ever since, but no one has been able to propose a satisfactory alternative explanation for his findings.
This is not a negligible sum, though you need to remind yourself that this was a choice, that you could have determined upon a perfectly satisfactory alternative for a fraction of the price.
They find out how the porcine CM in combination with a coronal flap represented a satisfactory alternative to autografts for covering dehiscence-type recession defects.
The toll road, if approved, will unequivocally place a financial burden on the residents and, for obvious reasons, is not a satisfactory alternative.
Burning coal was not a satisfactory alternative.
In fact, the government regards the Magna Carta as a satisfactory alternative to a fully-fledged Human Rights Act.
We ended up munching on 14 different tidbits in all, a satisfactory alternative to a full-fledged dinner.
"Given the burden of private school placement, it makes good sense to require parents to try to devise a satisfactory alternative within the public schools".
Crook said prison libraries were not a satisfactory alternative as they were supplied and funded by local authorities, many of which were now closing and cutting costs.
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