How to Use and otherwise in a Sentence

and otherwise

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  • That’s a surefire way to bend the brim and otherwise misshape it.
    Talia Ergas, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2023
  • Of course, there are lots of good fans out there who cheer and otherwise keep quiet.
    Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The turmoil of the past few years, economic and otherwise, hasn’t helped matters.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Here, again, the lessons, real and otherwise, of the Cuban Missile Crisis apply.
    Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023
  • The West has long been the spiritual home of mushroom culture, culinary and otherwise, and is still the best place to partake in the fun of fungi.
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 24 July 2023
  • The overturning of Roe v. Wade last year has inspired more women, high-profile and otherwise, to speak out.
    Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2023
  • A number of levers will be pulled in an effort to pay down the company’s debt load of $14 billion and otherwise improve the balance sheet.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 June 2024
  • Still, even outside of those few crucial pages, the plot is infused with driving, aimless and otherwise.
    Emma Copley Eisenberg, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2024
  • But the razors needn’t fear: The urge of men to express themselves by trimming and removing their hair, facial and otherwise, runs deep.
    Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Other groups help with that and with housing, job training and otherwise getting people back on their feet.
    Megan Banta, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 July 2023
  • For comfort rather than zing, make a bubble and squeak with the cold, and otherwise unappetising, Brussels sprouts.
    Nigella Lawson, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2023
  • But at least in that version of the game, the landlords were just sort of there, occasionally collecting rent and otherwise tending to the shrubs.
    Mia Sato, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The only certainty is that media, social and otherwise, will lap it all up.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Doesn’t running around an amusement park beat running around a hotel, being too loud at the pool and otherwise annoying the staff?
    Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 2 July 2023
  • Leavitt climbs about three times a week, including at a climbing gym, and otherwise stays active through surfing and yard work.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Ethanol industry groups make the case that those studies are outdated and otherwise flawed.
    Evan Halper, Washington Post, 29 May 2023
  • His wife was dying of cancer, and bills—medical and otherwise—were piling up.
    Vince Guerrieri, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Why should women have more of a role in bringing up children and otherwise managing households than men?
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
  • The time necessary to install the art and otherwise prepare the building for visitors means the Geffen wing may not open fully to the public until 2026.
    Christopher Hawthorne, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Sunday’s forecast calls for patchy fog before 8 a.m. and otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 91.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2024
  • There were all these obstacles, natural and otherwise, in terms of shooting it.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
  • There are typically 10 to 15 seats on each flight but the total number of passengers (human and otherwise) varies depending on the size of the dogs.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 7 June 2024
  • Over the last quarter century, the fest has served as a springboard for a veritable who’s who of emerging artists, local and otherwise.
    Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Hassan was working as a porter, hired to carry gear and otherwise assist those attempting the summit.
    Eve Sampson, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Lawmakers passed dozens of new tax credits this year that tapped into massive revenues the state couldn’t keep and otherwise would have to return through refund checks.
    Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 1 June 2024
  • The struggles—personal and otherwise—will never be over.
    Steve Hochman, SPIN, 9 Apr. 2024
  • See, in the realm of jeans, certain brands have honed in, dominated, and otherwise perfected a signature pair.
    Barry Samaha, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Those critics must be dismayed that Fox and its employees will not be raked over the coals and otherwise humiliated in the court of public opinion, as well as in the courtroom.
    Jane E. Kirtley, The Conversation, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The Islamic dictatorship has armed, funded to the tune of tens of millions of dollars, and otherwise assisted Hamas over many years.
    The Editors, National Review, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Tiny holds board meetings with its companies once a year and otherwise asks them to send monthly financial reports.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023

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