the other
noun
1
: the person or thing that remains or that has not been shown or mentioned yet
I held on with one hand and waved with the other.
Each of them looked at the other.
2
: an opposite place or thing
We moved from one side of town to the other.
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Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
Tapping into the skate resurgence, the brand also offered up a new cupsole sneaker — and boat shoes and loafers were among the other key styles.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
These broad protections for free speech helped empower the civil rights revolution of the 1960s, as well as the other rights movements that emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s.
—Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Try filling half your plate with non-starchy vegetables, a quarter with potatoes, and the other quarter with lean protein like chicken, fish, or lean beef.
—Lindsey Desoto, Health, 29 Sep. 2025
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“The other.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20other. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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