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

Army Rangers or other combat troops would be needed to secure perimeters, former military officials said.

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The stock-market crash led investors to speculate whether poorly designed automatic trading or other market-structure minutiae were to blame for the abrupt selloff.

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That could change if the disruption to oil supplies begins to look more protracted, private credit problems spread, or other problems emerge.

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Many of the vessels visible in the previous map can’t be seen here, because they have switched off their electronic positioning systems to hide from Iran or other dangers.

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“It’s difficult trading oil or rates or other markets based on the latest press conference or piece of news on the war,” says Drew Newton, a co-founder of FourSixThree Capital, a New York hedge fund.

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