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.

Examples of and otherwise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Minimizing unpredictability, maximizing preparedness For vaccines and otherwise, focused and effective communication is at the heart of a successful public health response, experts say, especially in a time as unique as this. Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024 Behind the graffitied door of a nondescript Eastern Market warehouse, just steps away from the city’s longest standing meat markets, is Midnight Temple, a trove of Indian traditions, both culinary and otherwise. Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024 Characters, subplots and volumes of dialogue (interior and otherwise) have again been reduced or excised altogether. Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024 So when a team scores its biggest win in program history, a skeleton crew of employees is left to handle media requests, craft new marketing campaigns and otherwise seize the moment. Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024 But the Latino cohort is having a lot of gains educationally and otherwise. Fortune Editors, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024 Others took part in a benefit pool tournament to help launch PAC-SJ’s sign restoration fund, which is intended to help keep as many of the city’s beautiful old signs — neon and otherwise — in tip-top shape as much as possible. Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024 Three months later, NIST has concluded the first few steps toward implementing its new responsibilities—red teaming and otherwise. IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024 Leading a coalition of over 20 countries, the United States is working to protect crucial shipping lanes by shooting down Houthi drones and missiles and otherwise trying to stop attacks that emanate from Yemen. Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2024

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“And otherwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/and%20otherwise. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.

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