or otherwise
idiom
—used to refer to something that is different from something already mentioned
Intentionally or otherwise, they never told her about the party.
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But the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have also stoked fear that people who record or otherwise monitor federal immigration operations risk arrest.
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Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
All five from Arizona are listed as Native American or otherwise disappeared from tribal communities, except for Guthrie.
—ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
Political news broadcasting for over 10 years Have you ever been arrested, charged with a crime or otherwise been part of a criminal proceeding?
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
The instrumental snippets are accessed — in old-fashioned CD-ROM hover-and-click style — by clicking on band posters or photographs pictured as being taped or otherwise affixed to a wall in a bedroom with a guitar, stacks of CDs and some dirty clothes.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
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Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
All five from Arizona are listed as Native American or otherwise disappeared from tribal communities, except for Guthrie.
—ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
Political news broadcasting for over 10 years Have you ever been arrested, charged with a crime or otherwise been part of a criminal proceeding?
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
The instrumental snippets are accessed — in old-fashioned CD-ROM hover-and-click style — by clicking on band posters or photographs pictured as being taped or otherwise affixed to a wall in a bedroom with a guitar, stacks of CDs and some dirty clothes.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Or otherwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20otherwise. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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