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Examples of other than in a Sentence
Preposition
other than a new jacket, I bought no special clothes for the wedding
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C.j. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
No options other than to comply, or not, and to pray.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 5 June 2024
Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
Most of the program’s expenditure goes to relatively affluent seniors and has little effect other than to push up taxes, reduce incentives ...
—Chris Pope, National Review, 28 Mar. 2023
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Preposition
The instructors mixed demonstrations on how to administer Narcan — one spray into one nostril, the second into the other — with assurances that the drug was harmless if used on someone suffering a condition other than overdose.
—C.j. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
No options other than to comply, or not, and to pray.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 5 June 2024
Conjunction
Not a lot has changed other than maybe a few paintings on the wall and a few decorations around the Oval Office and White House that each president sort of comes in with.
—Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
Most of the program’s expenditure goes to relatively affluent seniors and has little effect other than to push up taxes, reduce incentives ...
—Chris Pope, National Review, 28 Mar. 2023
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“Other than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/other%20than. Accessed 9 Jun. 2024.
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