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Example Sentences

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One lesson of the pandemic was that hotels and motels mobilized to house the unsheltered were successful in bringing people indoors who were otherwise reluctant to stay in congregate shelters or withstand involuntary hospitalizations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

If that amount was invested in an index fund that grows by an average of 8%, in five years they would have nearly $400 in pretax funds that they would not have otherwise had.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

His advisers warned him otherwise, noting that Iran’s military, especially its elite Revolutionary Guard, was well armed, deeply embedded in the country’s social and economic structures, and fiercely loyal to the regime.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

In the middle of an otherwise routine article of jocular sportswriter predictions on The Athletic, Canadian journalist Joshua Kloke explained why he’s bringing his seven-year-old son to a match this year.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

“Be sure to drink it quick, otherwise it might just float away,” the woman warned.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton