How to Use or otherwise in a Sentence

or otherwise

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  • This is one of the best laptops on the market, Apple or otherwise.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
  • The gain defers indefinitely until the asset is sold or otherwise disposed of.
    — Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • If venue personnel deem any person to be a threat, or otherwise unfit, in their sole discretion, he or she will not be permitted access and shall forfeit the prize.
    — AJC.com, 30 June 2026
  • Rather, most debts continue to be governed by the original loan or credit agreement until they're paid off, refinanced or otherwise resolved.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Exceptions may apply if someone was a joint borrower, a co-signer or otherwise legally responsible for the obligation.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Detainees are provided certain essentials, such as food and soap, free of charge, but many also purchase items at commissary stores that are of better quality or otherwise unavailable.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • There exists no equivalent repository—legal or otherwise—of motion trajectories for joints.
    — Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Agencies must first try to locate potentially relevant files, often by keyword search, then remove or redact anything classified, sensitive, or otherwise exempt from disclosure.
    — Steven Melendez, Scientific American, 2 July 2026
  • In other words, the employers most exposed are those planning fresh cap-subject filings for workers abroad or otherwise outside protected existing H-1B status.
    — Lorraine D'alessio, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • According to the government, last week's earthquakes damaged or otherwise compromised 38 hospitals nationwide.
    — ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • Zinhle Msimango, a social worker for Funda Nenja, says many children are living with a grandmother because their parents are either working far from home or otherwise absent from their lives.
    — Patricia Huon, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026
  • In neighboring offices during the height of the financial crisis, Warsh and Kohn would make daily pilgrimages to Bernanke’s office—weekends or otherwise—to go over the day’s developments and plan for the next.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • According to the government, the earthquakes damaged or otherwise compromised 38 hospitals nationwide.
    — ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • In a 6-3 ruling, the court said that law enforcement officials must indeed obtain a search warrant when requesting location information, historical or otherwise, from tech companies like Google.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • As Americans across the political spectrum celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, many of us find that the task of defining its meaning, in verse or otherwise, is no easier than what Lowell faced in 1876.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

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