other world
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of other world
Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200
Example Sentences
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“They do not know any other world than a world for which buying and selling secondhand was very normal.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
At the end of the G7 summit in Evian on Wednesday, Meloni had spoken of a "very positive climate" and "no friction" between Trump and other world leaders present.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
A shocked Motherwell manager, Jens Berthel Askou, said that in no other world would it have been given.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
The emptying of al-Hol ends a military and diplomatic impasse that long frustrated the U.S. and other world powers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
The wood had already changed him, enlarged his experience to a point where he felt that he was on the brink of discovering some secret, of whose existence, even, that other world did not know.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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