some other
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: a different : another
The main road is closed, so you'll need to find some other way to get there.
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If the Red Sox bring back Alex Bregman, sign Bo Bichette or make some other addition, that should help take the club from playoff contender to championship contender and make Boston a favorite to win the AL East.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
Maduro should have taken the easy way out and packed some trunks with gold and cash and headed for a villa in Switzerland or some other comfy exile and retirement.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
These are people that have focused their entire career on the Middle East or some other part of the world because that's where the action was.
—NBC news, 4 Jan. 2026
In this case, that means keeping their records in safekeeping, not handing them to some other team that doesn’t care about them.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
Maduro should have taken the easy way out and packed some trunks with gold and cash and headed for a villa in Switzerland or some other comfy exile and retirement.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
These are people that have focused their entire career on the Middle East or some other part of the world because that's where the action was.
—NBC news, 4 Jan. 2026
In this case, that means keeping their records in safekeeping, not handing them to some other team that doesn’t care about them.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
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“Some other.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/some%20other. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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