someone else
Example Sentences
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The proposals are symptoms of an aging population searching for someone else to pay bills that are increasingly difficult to cover.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Here's the secret: pretend you're making it for someone else.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a third-party debt collector may contact someone else, but only to obtain your contact details.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The songs stop being about me as soon as someone else listens to them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Someone—it sounded like Elijah—yelled, “I’ll get it!” followed by the thump-thump-thump of feet coming to the door, and someone else, maybe Jamar, yelling, “See who it is first!”
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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