as in alternatively
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Adverb
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The mecha linkage wasn’t an arbitrary one either, as mecha anime veteran Ryosuke Takahashi handled the series’ composition.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025 -
But nobody bought this one either — Wild Honey became their worst seller to date.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2025
Adverb
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So what could have been handled as an unfortunate encounter was instead purposely upgraded for propaganda purposes.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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The White House has proposed cutting the USAID OIG’s budget from $85 million to $0, instead folding its responsibilities into a similar agency at the State department with just $2.73 million in additional funding.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
Adverb
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The result is a palpable mixture of Hollywood and British sensibilities, alternately brash and cozy-quirky, with the joins sometimes awkwardly felt.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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To put it bluntly, this is an alternately weird and unsettling time to be in the news business — especially so for the cable news business.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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“Optionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optionally. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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