something else

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: something or someone special or extraordinary

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The field became something else when the ideas of rockism and poptimism, things that only matter to a small clique of people, began to inform everything that happened in music writing over the 21st century. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026 Moreover, the pincher herself gets something else from the music scene. Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 But Tanner Faaborg said it would be used for something else, possibly microgreens. Rachel Cramer, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026 Haddad clarifies that vinyl itself doesn’t rust, which means that any visible rust on the siding is coming from something else. The Spruce, 20 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for something else

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“Something else.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/something%20else. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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