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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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Question 1 of 7

Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift.

who

whom

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Words nearby or other

Orono, Orontes, oropendola, oropharynx, Orosius, or other, orotund, oro y plata, Orozco, Orpen, orphan

How to use or other in a sentence

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
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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?
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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
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
Rodney is thoroughly and comfortably this-worldly; Michael is—other-worldly!
Jane Journeys On|Ruth Comfort Mitchell
Meanwhile the whale had made what appeared to be a grand and final neck-or-nothing rush in the direction of the shore.
The Norsemen in the West|R.M. Ballantyne