Dan had a really hard time in grade school," his mother says, "so he just chose an alternate path.
It is recommended to walk quickly over bridges to avoid long alternate paths.
By wearing different suits and using specified items, alternate paths in levels can be discovered.
So what is your proposal for an alternate path?
I suppose we do think in that fashion, though there are alternate paths.
"Then we must take alternate paths to avoid them," Wulfgar put in.
Then the other two turned aside, and disappeared down an alternate path.
"He'll figure it out," he said, and turned down an alternate path.
But it's much easier to go your own way when you have enough money to grease the alternate path.
Although in doing so, it became impossible to follow the alternate path I might have taken.