otherwise

Example Sentences

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This is what some of Friday’s release is made of — all the trimmings, tidbits and overstock that would otherwise end up in landfills or on the factory floor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

"You don’t sleep all night, your brain just can’t cope. And the next day, they tell you: 'By noon there has to be this amount, otherwise you won't get your money back,'" she added.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

It also points to 2Q earnings momentum, given it implies Ampol’s gearing would have otherwise slipped below its end-June target.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

That puts it at an advantage in the current artificial-intelligence era, the company said, because it can “provide novel, high-value data that would otherwise be prohibitively expensive or altogether unattainable” for training models.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Dodger was shivering uncontrollably, but was otherwise stock still, his eyes spinning this way and that in a panic.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz