otherwise

Example Sentences

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However, new firms formed by longtime VCs with notable investing track records hold appeal for institutional limited partners even in an otherwise slower venture fundraising market.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The company’s results came on an otherwise brutal day for chip stocks.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

I’ll absolutely be making it again — budget week or otherwise.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

“I look at it more like a museum where the art hangs. You have to make the museum approachable, otherwise nobody comes to see the art.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

And there was some paradox he remembered hearing about, something about a grandmother—oh, yeah, time travel had to be impossible because, otherwise, you could go back in time and kill your own grandmother.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix