otherwise

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“When support is extended across the income distribution, it sustains demand that firms can then use to pass on higher costs—forcing monetary policy to tighten more than it otherwise would,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

According to Touma, these same processes may remove multiple planets from binary systems, especially those that would otherwise be detectable by missions like Kepler or TESS.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

"National security is not a blank cheque to proceed with otherwise unlawful activity," he wrote.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

“Timothy, are you still there? Don’t pretend otherwise, I know how you like to eavesdrop.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood