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something else

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  1. A person, thing, or event that is quite remarkable, as in That pitcher is something else, or Her new film is something else. The else in this idiom means “other than ordinary.” [Colloquial; early 1990s]


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By the time we reach 50, those paths will have shifted; we begin questioning whether there might be something else we could or should be doing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Today, food has become less about a shared experience than something else.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

But it did force me to rethink something else: my attitude toward service work.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Pfeiffer: Pretending to be something else, other than what we were.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

“There had to be something else in the book,” Glory said.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

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