and otherwise

phrase

—used to refer to something that is additional to something already mentioned
The company has been having problems, financial and otherwise, for several years.

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Broken bottles, cigarette butts, and waste—plastic and otherwise—came in and out with the tides. — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2026 Our personal data is constantly being bought and sold by all manner of companies and organizations that use it to target us with advertisements, seduce us with scams, and otherwise waste our precious time. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026 That appeals in part because at the moment, our collective literacy, historical and otherwise, feels especially dire. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2026 Even the process by which animals are herded onto the trucks is often highly stressful, with frightened animals pushed, prodded, pulled, and otherwise handled roughly. — Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 24 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for and otherwise

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“And otherwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/and%20otherwise. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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