otherwise

Example Sentences

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Anthropic makes a practice of partnering with sector-leading companies for product announcements, which can otherwise spook markets into punishing companies seen as standing to be affected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

"We need to set a benchmark, otherwise we're just going to continue to see this decline with hugely unmanageable, unsafe caseloads which are impossible for health visitors to work within," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 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

Meieran opened it for special events such as last Halloween, but it has otherwise been closed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 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