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Synonyms

something else

Idioms  
  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]


Example Sentences

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The mainland-versus-overseas divergence Jeff observed in DeepSeek likely reflects something else: differences in post-training, the alignment step in which models are given instructions about what’s “safe” to say.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

"Today was something else, one of the best days in my footballing career."

From BBC • May 25, 2026

I assume he has other hobbies — fitness or books or something else — that he did not mention in his relatively short letter.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

What started as a question of what smells good has become something else — small moments of recognition between many people who, just hours earlier, had been total strangers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

But that was something else he couldn’t say to Chip.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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