someone else

Example Sentences

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The secretary last year had considered installing someone else to run the FDA while Makary remained a figurehead.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

"I thought, if I wasn't me, if I was someone else, she'd be dead," she told the Guardian.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

I apologized for my error, but he explained that the third originally belonged to someone else.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

A police procedural about Dutton family son Kayce Dutton, a character who now works as an investigator, “Marshals” premiered on CBS in March, having been produced by Sheridan but written by someone else.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Finally, Caterpillar was going to do something for herself, instead of saving the day for someone else.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn