other than
Idioms-
Different from, besides, as in They were shocked to find she has a lover other than her husband . [1250]
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In a different manner than; otherwise than, as in How could she be other than happy with the new house? [Late 1800s]
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other than that . Except that, as in Other than that the nearest store was five miles away, it was a perfect location .
Example Sentences
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There was no update on his condition other than that he had been hospitalised.
From Barron's
So, where can investors hide other than cash?
From MarketWatch
But right now he didn’t care about Ezra, or about anything other than feeding the skunk kit.
From Literature
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With it came the sense that surely these rodents had no purpose other than to provide a dragon's dinner.
From Literature
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Yet there is little Uefa can actually do, other than introduce tougher regulations on access to its own competitions.
From BBC
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