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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alternative type of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing different categories or variations of something, particularly when emphasizing a non-traditional or different option.
Example: "We are exploring an alternative type of energy source that is more sustainable and environmentally friendly."
Alternatives: "different kind of" or "alternative form of".
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Lambert became headteacher at Dartington Hall, which was an alternative type of boarding school, in 1969.
The two babies who have been infected are being treated with antibiotics and we are using an alternative type of parenteral nutrition".
"We discussed it briefly, and he initially said, 'We must find an alternative type of membership, they can never be full members'," Mr Moller told his boss.
Yet it's hard to deny that the most intriguing outsider art often looks like the product of an alternative type of consciousness — one far less beholden to prevailing social and intellectual conventions and more attuned to intuitive, emotional and visionary impulses.
But suddenly an alternative type of schooling appears in the intriguing form of David Peter Sarsgaardd), a man twice her age who charms Jenny into accepting a lift in his sleek Bristol as she waits for the bus one rain-sodden afternoon.
An alternative type of controllable underwater towed system is proposed.
The next step is to treat HIT using an alternative type of anticoagulant.
Following their idea, we propose an alternative type of the modified index.
Yackanich pitched it as an alternative type of pay wall, where the reader doesn't actually have to pay.
We also propose an alternative type of the modified measure by introducing the permanent income hypothesis.
An alternative type of objective function is one that explicitly penalises the number of descriptors.
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