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The phrase "alternative to having" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing options or choices that replace the need for something else.
Example: "Choosing public transportation is an alternative to having a personal vehicle."
Alternatives: "substitute for having" or "option instead of having".
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It is an alternative to having to shut down the PC during a lull in activity.
Such studied phrases, however, sometimes serve as an alternative to having something substantive to say.
It really is a genuine alternative to having somewhere to live.
It is an alternative to having recourse to the usual process of justice.
All are beginning to realise that there is an alternative to having large warehouses full of unsold books.
"The presumed alternative to having airlines serve you a meal is to buy something to bring along and eat that," he said.
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I want there to be an alternative, to have other options rather than just this one authoritarian, corporate model.
For starters, yeast would not be the first palm oil alternative to have been tried and found wanting.
It is also a very cheap alternative to have a personal trainer.
Possibly not, so in her eyes was it really such a good alternative to have her own child?
Labor, which is supposed to be the alternative, has been struggling to keep it together.
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