any other
idiom
1
—used to refer to a person or thing that is not particular or specific but is not the one named or referred to
Any other day but tomorrow would be okay. There weren't any other children for us to play with.
2
: in addition to the person or thing just mentioned
Does anyone have any other ideas?
Examples of any other in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Austin area tops metros with largest home price decrease
Last month, the Austin region had a bigger decrease in home sales prices than any other major U.S. metro area in the U.S., says a new report from online residential real estate brokerage Redfin.
—
Shonda Novak, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Florida’s cooperation with ICE far exceeds that of any other state.
—Nicole Widdersheim, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2025
Add it to your roadmap, surface it in dashboards and track it like any other metric (time-to-release, bug backlog volume, test coverage).
—Oleg Sadikov, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
And Trump has more room to maneuver than any other recent American president.
—Zaha Hassan, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for any other
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Shonda Novak, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Florida’s cooperation with ICE far exceeds that of any other state.
—Nicole Widdersheim, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2025
Add it to your roadmap, surface it in dashboards and track it like any other metric (time-to-release, bug backlog volume, test coverage).
—Oleg Sadikov, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
And Trump has more room to maneuver than any other recent American president.
—Zaha Hassan, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for any other
Cite this Entry
“Any other.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/any%20other. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share