besides

Example Sentences

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People move for reasons besides taxes, but taxes influence the economic climate and opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

There’s something else about pollution — besides the disappearing mountains — that Ofari Hutchinson came to realize.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

But there’s something besides rising prices American consumers and investors should feel nervous about: the prospect of deflation.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

The bot and the baby know nothing of the world it describes, besides a handful of overused jargon that, like anything, loses its meaning if repeated enough times.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

He spoke no Dutch, nor made any effort to learn, and besides Father, Betsie, and me, few people in this working-class part of the city spoke German.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom