The phrase "alternative to present" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing options or substitutes for something that is currently available or in use.
Example: "We are exploring an alternative to present methods of communication to enhance team collaboration."
Alternatives: "substitute for current" or "option instead of present".
Tissue engineering is a promising alternative to present surgical cartilage repair techniques which often fail to restore long-term physiological tissue function1,2.
Inter-satellite optical wireless communication systems (IsOWC), one of the important applications of FSO/WSO technology, will be deployed in space in the near future as such systems provide a high bandwidth, small size, light weight, low power and low cost alternative to present microwave satellite systems.
The free space optics communication (FSO) systems provide a high bandwidth, small size, light weight, low power and low cost alternative to present microwave systems.
Clearly, this technology is no longer mere fantasy and it will be nearly as interesting to follow the politics that are sure to accompany the development of this alternative to present packaging as edible containers simply become more palatable.
Further new therapies that serve as an improvement or even as an alternative to present treatments are needed.
As an alternative to presenting search strategies for all databases, authors could indicate how the search took into account other databases searched, as index terms vary across databases.
Presenting standard errors (or posterior standard deviations) of τ is an alternative to presenting intervals but in our experience confidence and credible intervals for this parameter are generally very asymmetric.
The party in power would enact its program, and the minority party would provide strong criticism and develop alternatives to present at election time.
Perhaps one of the more pernicious forms of ideology now is embodied in the appeal of the claim that there are no alternatives to present institutions.
"The challenge," he said, is deciding what sorts of alternatives to present.
Harriet Lamb, Fairtrade International executive director, believes fair trade and social enterprise are a viable alternative to present-day consumerism.
