or else
Example Sentences
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Answer: Mr. Musk announced his own $25 billion chip-manufacturing plant in Texas, called the Terafab, or else “we don’t have the chips. And we need the chips.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
And the reality is that he needs answers quickly or else those unwanted records may no longer be his only worry.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
“We have to protect it or else we lose the art form.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
Meals that can be eaten in small portions, over time, without urgency — nothing that demands, You must eat this all right now or else — are ideal.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026
“But you have to walk the exact right way, or else you’ll never find it.”
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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