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Otherwise, in different circumstances, as in Present your case now, or else you won't have a chance. [c. 1300]

Regardless of any extenuating circumstances, no matter what, as in Be there on time or else! [Second half of 1800s]

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Winners are solely responsible for any and all federal, state, and local taxes and/or fees that may be incurred.
The Daily Beast Company LLC The New Alphas Sweepstakes Official Rules||December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Winners will be solely responsible for any and all local, state, and federal taxes, and/or fees that may be incurred.
The Daily Beast Company LLC The New Alphas Sweepstakes Official Rules||December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Why aren't you as handsome and/or Canadian as Justin Bieber?
Justin Bieber Isn’t Even 21, Yet Makes More Money Than Meryl Streep|Amy Zimmerman|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This band is different from the rock groups that go in for charismatic lighting and sing of love and/or sex.
The Stacks: Pauline Kael's Talking Heads Obsession|Pauline Kael|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His name was Lefty something-or-other, and he was about the sneakiest stool the department had.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Brass—or-molu—gilt platinum to give it weight; this is from Birmingham, not from Australia, nor nature.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
Everything else-even endowments given by private persons a few years before the Act was passed-was swept away.
Is Ulster Right?|Anonymous
He wandered else-whither, and came to something afterwards, poor Spaen.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
He wuz very peart and sassy, and it was take-it-or-leave-it-and-be-plaguey- quick-about-it all the time.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6)|John McElroy

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