other than
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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 .
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Cloud providers are setting their sights on regions other than Southeast Asia, such as Japan, Brazil, Central Asia and Europe, to build out new computing capacity that can serve Chinese customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026
Their nets are as wide as four commercial airliners, and routinely scoop up thousands of tons of fish other than pollock each year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
And they gave me a wig and I’m still not really clear why I’m wigged, other than I asked for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
“I don’t even know what kind of a state of mind that is, other than to say that you must be kind of in a state of denial.”
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
“Except it’s not blue, but other than that it is like our Big Blue Book.”
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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