How to Use something else in a Sentence

something else

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  • Even those picky eaters may want something else from time to time.
    — Isabel Lopez, Parents, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Many will lie down on the ground to watch it — something else to think about.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Run that for five hours, unplug it and put something else in.
    — Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • For two, the Celtics could still have something else up their sleeves.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Carve the field pumpkin for the porch, and bake with something else.
    — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • If something else had been in the air that week, something else would have been the flag.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2026
  • But the rabbits may just move on to something else in your garden.
    — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026
  • There’s something else in this piece that has to do with Modernism.
    — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The thing starts as this true crime story and becomes something else.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
  • But there was something else that was creeping into his head.
    — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Did production warn her to maybe choose something else to wear?
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
  • But there was something else there, a push or need to perform …for her parents.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 30 June 2026
  • By the time it was finished, the frontman was fried and ready to try something else.
    — Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The machine will save an hour, but the system will fill it with something else.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • This is something else, and what that something is makes the show so compelling.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • There’ll be something else to keep the crooked numbers away, don’t worry.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • The claw would drop, close on a bear’s head and lift it, then either lose its grip or hand you something else.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Alex is great at saying one thing to your face and then saying something else in public.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The movement also gives your mind something else to focus on.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Nov. 2026
  • So if Zelig did not harm himself, could something else have happened?
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 30 July 2026
  • Is this just a weird, odd coincidence, or is there something else here?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2026
  • She’s still repulsed by the carving, but her camera is drawn to something else.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • For a few weeks throughout his career, he's been playing for something else.
    — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Stay connected with friends, keep the group chat alive and find something else to look forward to.
    — Maria Santana, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • But heart attacks still occur, because there is something else.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 16 July 2026
  • The show is supposed to head to New Jersey for something else.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Being on stage with Anoushka Shankar in my ears was just something else.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The smarter approach is knowing when to use AI and when to use something else.
    — Praful Saklani, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • But there was something else at work too as Wimbledon approached.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 12 July 2026
  • Some have already finished and found their way to something else entirely.
    — Alexandra Walsh, Washington Post, 29 July 2026

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