or other

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]

Example Sentences

And about 78% said they “at least sometimes” watch movies and shows via YouTube, TikTok or other social platforms, according to the annual Teens and Screens report from the Center for Scholars and Storytellers in UCLA’s department of psychology.

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She said separating ones caught up on in seaweed or other debris would need to be done by hand.

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Despite the growth, there are no federal laws regulating the financial or other aspects of surrogate pregnancies, and the practice is subject to a patchwork of state regulations.

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On Sunday morning, a team of four burglars managed to park a truck-mounted furniture lift at the foot of the Louvre Palace without drawing the attention of police or other security personnel.

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Anti-abortion conservatives continue to make pregnancy much more dangerous for women in Republican-run states by banning abortion, not just making elective abortions harder to get but imperiling pregnant women’s lives when they have miscarriages or other complications.

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