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Example Sentences
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Trump’s voice rang out through the otherwise empty store.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Passing items on to someone who will use them more than you is a really simple way to extend the life of something that might otherwise be thrown away."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
"This gives us a powerful new tool for studying collective excitations of electronic crystals that would otherwise be extremely difficult to access," adds Smoleński.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Rovner: The vertical space is putting a lot of people to work who wouldn’t be working otherwise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Eventually, Jack started to see birds and even some animals, magical and otherwise, in the underbrush, a sure sign that they’d left the Black Forest behind.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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