otherwise

Example Sentences

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“It’s not getting done otherwise, and our neighborhood would have burned down,” Keenan told me.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

"These counter-intuitive findings raise important questions about an unknown environmental risk factor for lung cancer related to otherwise beneficial food that needs to be addressed."

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

This week’s positive earnings reports from our nation’s largest banks suggest otherwise...

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Half a century ago the average college-educated American would have endorsed Tocqueville’s remark and marveled that anyone would think otherwise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Margaret ran in and out as required, but otherwise the door that led from the parlor to the bedchamber stayed closed.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood