otherwise

Example Sentences

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The research team wanted to determine whether signals from these cells could disrupt otherwise healthy lungs.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

It applies to the strait and adjacent waters to "secure transit passage and to deter attempts to close, obstruct or otherwise interfere with international navigation through the Strait of Hormuz."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

School choice attracted the Quigley family, who were otherwise inclined to move to Georgia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"I'm up at 06:00 - and what would I do otherwise? Stay in bed all day and do nothing? My mind would go blank."

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

She looked at the old couch in the otherwise empty lobby, the outdated travel posters on the wall, and the rather uninviting bowl of hard candy sitting on the counter.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti