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oth·er than
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Princeton's WordNet
differently, otherwise, other thanadverb
in another and different manner
"very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"; "there is no way out other than the fire escape";
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other than
"Other than" is a phrase used to indicate exclusion or exception, meaning besides, apart from, or except for. It's often used to contrast or differentiate something from other things or people.
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Rank popularity for the word 'other than' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2446
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Rank popularity for the word 'other than' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2274
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of other than in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of other than in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of other than in a Sentence
( If) you don't shoot, the one young lady -- she stabs the other one and she dies, but he had no other alternative, in my mind, other than to take some action because of what was going on. The young lady who was shot was clearly the aggressor in this case.
These are extreme, horrific violations. And it's exactly why the hospital is a privacy zone, there are a very long list of reasons why taping, recording, videoing for anything other than medical or treatment purposes has to be strictly off-limits, because you're trying to protect people who can't protect themselves.
Assistant Police Chief Brian Manley:
We don't have any information at this point that leads us to believe this was anything other than random, but again, we are in the early stages.
Secretary Ross had no scheduled conflicts to speak of and no other excuse other than the fact that Secretary Ross simply didn't want to appear before this subcommittee and be held personally accountable.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer:
Of course I didn't intend to suggest anything other than political and public opinion consequences for the Supreme Court, and it is a gross distortion to imply otherwise. I'm from Brooklyn. We speak in strong language. I shouldn't have used the words I did, but in no way was I making a threat. I never, never would do such a thing. And Leader( Mitch) McConnell knows that. And Republicans who are busy manufacturing outrage over these comments know that, too.
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