otherwise

Example Sentences

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“He is doing what he has done from the start. He is absorbing pressure that the institution would otherwise have to absorb without him,” he wrote in an essay Saturday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Though sleep training did slightly increase the longest stretch of sleep that infants were able to get, there was otherwise no noticeable improvement in objective sleep caused by the sleep-training advice.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

The mum-of-two initially looked into the allurion gastric balloon, otherwise known as the gastric 'pill' balloon, but said was worried it may be a step too far and cost too much.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

“That uncertainty is showing up not only in commodity prices, but also in reported earnings, where timing effects and hedging-related impacts distorted otherwise strong underlying results,” Thummel said.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

They can do things in the water that they can’t do otherwise.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret