otherwise

Example Sentences

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Authorities opened 24-hour relief centers for people unable to otherwise escape the smoke.

From Barron's • Jun. 21, 2026

How many of the 7% who voted for Restore might otherwise have voted Reform is difficult to tell.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

PCE inflation, which is the Federal Reserve’s favored measure of price trends, are due on Thursday and are likely to provide the focus in an otherwise relatively quiet week for economic data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Just as topology locks the Hall voltage into specific values, the topology of space-time could lock the cosmological constant into stable values, protecting it from the quantum fluctuations that would otherwise drive it much higher.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026

She could be coerced into attending a Bar Mitzvah ceremony, but otherwise her Shabbat was a big dinner.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny