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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

In other years, she and her friends might have exchanged earrings or other trinkets.

From The Wall Street Journal

For those living in a restrictive internet environment — whether due to government censorship, workplace firewalls or other restrictions — VPNs let you bypass blocks and access the entire internet.

From Salon

If you use a VPN in these places, you could incur fines or other legal consequences.

From Salon

While the Shiloh shepherd's wolf ancestry fits with its history of breeding with wolfdogs or other recent hybrids to create healthier shepherd dogs in the US, the elevated wolf ancestry in the Great Anglo-French tricolor hound, the most common hound in France, is both unexpected and unexplained.

From Science Daily

Fraudsters send fake text messages - apparently from a bank or other trusted company - to trick people into disclosing personal information such as passwords and Pin numbers.

From BBC