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Synonyms

something else

Idioms  
  1. A person, thing, or event that is quite remarkable, as in That pitcher is something else, or Her new film is something else. The else in this idiom means “other than ordinary.” [Colloquial; early 1990s]


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In the sky, reporters and pilots keep an eye out for one another, warning when one is drifting too close to another or if there is something else to keep an eye on.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

Maybe there’s something else I could be doing?

From Slate Sep. 18, 2026

"That means he was probably going to do something else at some point so we had to be prepared for that."

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

He asked for ID, looked at Wray’s attire—then asked for something else.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

There’s a crumbling, there’s a panic, there’s something else I can’t identify.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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