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besides

[bih-sahydz] / bɪˈsaɪdz /






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Dario Perkins, an economist at TS Lombard, says the bulls are premature in claiming they have won the AI capital-expenditure debate, and, besides, two looming factors suggest a market pullback is likely.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

You can drop off a ballot for someone besides yourself as long as you’ve been authorized to do so and you’re not getting paid on a per-ballot basis, according to the secretary of state.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

That failure can be attributed to multiple factors besides Johnson’s performance.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

China has Huawei, Tencent, ByteDance, BYD, DJI and CATL, it argued; America has produced little besides “a search engine that’s a bit chattier than the old ones, running on Taiwan-fab’d chips.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Daisy sighed and said, “Jay Berry, I just don’t know about you. I learn things by reading. If you would read something besides those old hunting and fishing stories, you might learn something, too.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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