How to Use the others in a Sentence

the others

plural noun
  • Does that add a bit of pressure on you and the others?
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
  • But what felt like freedom to me felt like abandonment to the others.
    Kelly Martens-Crompvoets, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Can’t one or two of the others on that page be shrunk a little to accommodate it?
    Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
  • This one also had the most yellow color as compared to the others.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • What Blinken and the others on the panel had to say was sober and sensible.
    Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • Whoever wins that category will be lucky while all the others can hold their heads high.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • The creature appears to be speaking to the others, and suddenly, the rain stops.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, each point on the graph is relative to the others on a scale of zero to 100.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • And Estonia, among the others that found couch pennies in the budget to put meals on the table, gratis.
    Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2026
  • George Kelly hit two and Ross Youngs and Dave Bancroft hit the others.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Not too long ago, the different personae considered the others fierce rivals.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 May 2026
  • Make the first right on the man who permitted the heads of rebelling slaves to be put on stakes and spread across the city in order to prevent the others from getting any ideas.
    Terry Gross, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
  • But Foster worked mostly with Cetera and largely excluded the others from the creative process.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • Wings coach Jose Fernandez said Fudd is probably ahead of the others on the comeback trail.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Participants alternately clenched their toes (rock), spread them apart (paper) and crossed the big toe over the others (scissors).
    Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
  • In general partnerships, each partner can be exposed to the actions of the others, which is a risk many founders aren’t comfortable taking.
    Gary Galstyan, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Each signal contributes to the full picture, and each signal becomes more useful when it can be interpreted alongside the others.
    Kannan Kothandaraman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • In group sessions, where Cody typically doesn’t say much, the others speak for what Cody might be going through, Greek chorus-style.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Branson retained one for his family and sold the others to private owners who share ownership of the island’s common property.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Publix Sharp Cheddar Cheese Testers found this cheese to be more mild tasting than the others, with a subtle sharpness and savory taste.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
  • The Gladiator also offers something none of the others do — an open-air driving experience.
    ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • When scientists are investigating how Earth might have received the ingredients for life, one big clue is the ratio of each element to the others.
    Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 17 June 2026
  • This will be the fourth home-and-home series against a power-conference team in his tenure; the others were Arizona, Tennessee and Texas Tech.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • Each one of those people has gotten back to me in a relatively quick amount of time (15 minutes for the MLB broadcaster, and one day or so for the others).
    Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2026
  • Still, Atom is developing something akin to an architecture in which there’s a storage region, an operations zone, and a collection of backup atoms that can be brought in if one of the others is lost.
    ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026
  • Milbrand recommends using essential oil diffusers strategically to give each room its own personality without clashing with the others.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
  • Give yourself permission to pursue these various interests without letting anyone swallow the others entirely.
    Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2026
  • In the Character Wheel, the eleven dimensions are integrated, each activating and restraining the others.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Both McKenna and Stenberg probably project closer to the Bedard production profile (albeit as wingers) than the others, however.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • So even though the Animated and Reality Competition Program categories have their mainstays, no one show looms over all the others to where the winner is obvious each time.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026

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