and otherwise
idiom
—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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Combs was cleared of the other charges (related to racketeering and human trafficking) and otherwise faces ire online and in the press today.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
Now UnitedHealth is trying to get rid of about 1 million Medicare Advantage patients — and otherwise move on from the past year's many problems.
—Maria Aspan, NPR, 4 Dec. 2025
Karl Marx had identified them as unreliable characters, politically and otherwise.
—Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Orgasms, shared and otherwise, represent wins as coveted as anything on the ice, and these are two men who love to win.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
Now UnitedHealth is trying to get rid of about 1 million Medicare Advantage patients — and otherwise move on from the past year's many problems.
—Maria Aspan, NPR, 4 Dec. 2025
Karl Marx had identified them as unreliable characters, politically and otherwise.
—Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Orgasms, shared and otherwise, represent wins as coveted as anything on the ice, and these are two men who love to win.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
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“And otherwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/and%20otherwise. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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