How to Use other than in a Sentence

other than

1 of 2 preposition
  • But other than that, Kyle, how was the game?
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The stalks should be firm and smooth, other than the tiny petal leaves that emerge.
    — Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
  • But other than that, that’s his business.
    — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Well, other than the inevitable spinoffs.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Great teams start fast against teams other than Kentucky.
    — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • But other than that, the hover mode doesn’t have much to offer.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 9 Mar. 2024
  • There are lots of simple ways to make this work other than the idiot ball trope.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • To call the use of these lyrics anything other than racist would be to sugar coat it.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Smith, in fact, won a title with all of those teams other than the Braves.
    — Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • That’s one thing, because that is a problem, but other than that, not much.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • In that sense, not much has changed since last year other than the fact being in the mix is no longer the goal.
    — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • So what was the purpose of that other than to sway public opinion?
    — NBC news, 26 Oct. 2025
  • There’s no real throughline on any of those streaks, other than the teams just weren’t very good.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • What does carry over, other than nothing?
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • And someone else found uses for it other than beneath the sink.
    — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Was the message heard by anyone other than those making it?
    — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But other than a little advanced planning, the process is a snap.
    — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
  • His lawyer said that if his name was anything other than Biden, the charges would not have been brought.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • But would the film have worked the same with anyone other than Swayze and Grey?
    — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Ibrahim opened his grocery store in part so people could meet him somewhere other than his home.
    — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Hand sinks must not be used for anything other than handwashing.
    — Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The strangest aspect of these fires, other than their quantity, is their calm.
    — The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • But some trios seem more willing and natural to work with each other than others.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
  • If the water is too warm, just go do something other than summer trout fishing.
    — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
  • There has to be reasons to come down there other than a Mavericks game.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Currently the headlights are foggy, other than that the car is in good shape.
    — John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
  • But as that program came to an end, Webster still had no place to go other than back on the street.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Anything other than that is below the standard.
    — Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • But other than that, the music has mostly been silenced, and that appears poised to change.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
  • With the birth of a more sedentary lifestyle, humans had time for something other than their next meal.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2023

other than

2 of 2 conjunction
  • But other than that, great work!
    — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • But other than that, just get out and play.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • But other than that, there was a lot of good stuff.
    — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Be safe and keep a keen eye out for things other than rocks and trunks.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Serving it any way other than straight up?
    — The Editors, Robb Report, 20 June 2026
  • But other than that, frozen corn is often your best bet.
    — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 29 Jan. 2026
  • A lot of it is about movie stars and things other than comic books.
    — Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • There’s no other way to look at it other than a win-win.
    — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The slate is wiped clean, all marked erased other than that there is no justice.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026
  • But other than that, fingers crossed.
    — Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American, 27 May 2026
  • And that’s what her goal is — her life’s goal is something other than just the bunker.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Who, other than dumb people like me, are gonna recruit high school kids?
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • But at the end of the day, there were things other than his newborn keeping him up at night.
    — Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 24 Mar. 2026
  • So this study would not have been possible to any other point other than now.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 20 May 2026
  • The only way to stand out is to order something other than an ice cold beer.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
  • Do not get suckered into anything other than even odds for this.
    — Adam Gretz, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But there would be no way to view this other than as an epic fail if the Avs cannot rally.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 May 2026
  • It's eased the way to deport migrants to countries other than their own.
    — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
  • There seems to be little plan for anything other than further strikes.
    — Jason Rezaian, New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Three of them have jobs other than curling, and three are mothers to young children.
    — CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • It’s not known how widely used the feature is for browsers other than Chrome.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026
  • But other than that, this organizer makes clean-up time a breeze.
    — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 3 Jan. 2023
  • What has Joe done other than annoy people?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 May 2026
  • There’s not any prospect of anything other than living with cancer.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 22 Apr. 2026
  • There’s not any prospect of anything other than living with cancer.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 12 Apr. 2026
  • But other than that, things could hardly be going better.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • The far right and the far left now share the contempt and disdain for any thinking other than their own.
    — Joyce Kamanitz, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026
  • No other pressure other than that.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026
  • And yet, the world would be shocked if the result were anything other than a win for Brazil.
    — Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
  • There weren’t any formal clock stoppages other than the half- and full-time whistles.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

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