otherwise

Example Sentences

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It’s well below the bar the Dodgers have set, and it added a bitter note to Ward’s otherwise sweet debut.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

"We need to set a benchmark, otherwise we're just going to continue to see this decline with hugely unmanageable, unsafe caseloads which are impossible for health visitors to work within," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 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

As they drew closer, the ash resolved into cracks and crevasses, streaking down an otherwise blank, white mountain.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone