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something else

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  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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Say you mention you’re stressed about money in a conversation about something else entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

"I said to the boys that this shirt now represents something else."

From BBC • May 24, 2026

It couldn’t explain whether it wanted to count the mean or the median or the margin or error or something else.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

I assume he has other hobbies — fitness or books or something else — that he did not mention in his relatively short letter.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

“And I’ll tell you all something else for free.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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