or other

Idioms  

1. One besides the one mentioned. This phrase is used to emphasize indefinite words beginning with some, such as someone, somehow, sometime, somewhere. For example, Someone or other will be taking tickets at the door, or I can't remember where I put the lawn rake, but it's somewhere or other in the garage, or Somehow or other be found one that matched. [c. 1600]

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Example Sentences

"We're expecting some new dinosaur or other egg fossils to come from Aphae and other small islands," he said.

From Science Daily

Parker specifically disputed claims from the Roosevelt Institute report suggesting that its platform uses workers’ debt levels to determine pay, stating that ShiftKey does not use credit-card or other debt data to set wages and could not speak to the practices of other platforms.

From MarketWatch

But she said those changes usually involved modest adjustments in policy and that most of the decisions on what crimes to focus on were typically made at the local level by the district U.S. attorney in coordination with the FBI or other agencies.

From Salon

“Most Americans are citizens by virtue of being born here, and their proof of citizenship is their birth certificate or other proof that they were born in the United States. Only for those who have migrated here are they going to have an alternative form of proof of citizenship, like a naturalization certificate.”

From Salon

"He may not, however, use his governmental power to direct federal agencies to exclude Plaintiffs from receiving federal grants or other funding in retaliation for saying things that he does not like."

From Barron's