otherwise
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The university said in a statement it can prove otherwise and “is committed to ensuring that every student is admitted based on their merit, and not on their race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"I love challenges and that's what life is about, otherwise it's boring," he added.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
At best, they may find a cancer that would not have been found otherwise.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Paris last week had to sharply increase the interest rate offered in its monthly sale of benchmark government bonds -- money that could otherwise be spent on education or defence.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
I was watching Aunt Kitty stitch brown and blue pheasant feathers to an otherwise respectable black-velvet bonnet.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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