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Recent Examples of on the other hand
China, on the other hand, is the single largest buyer of Iranian oil.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 15 May 2026
Micron , on the other hand, dropped roughly 5%.
—Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 15 May 2026
The Epsteins, on the other hand, rented a second-floor apartment at the end of our street in a house that, like many of the old mansions, had been divided up and turned into rentals.
—Gabrielle Glancy, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2026
Mercury, on the other hand, takes more like seven million years to gravitationally clear away that debris.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 15 May 2026
Micron , on the other hand, dropped roughly 5%.
—Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 15 May 2026
The Epsteins, on the other hand, rented a second-floor apartment at the end of our street in a house that, like many of the old mansions, had been divided up and turned into rentals.
—Gabrielle Glancy, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2026
Mercury, on the other hand, takes more like seven million years to gravitationally clear away that debris.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for on the other hand
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Headrick threw sinker after sinker, trying to get Soto to ground into a double play, but the Yankee-turned-Met drew a walk instead.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2026
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The late Pope Francis famously stayed away from the big European centers of Christianity during his 12-year pontificate, preferring instead to visit small Catholic communities far from Rome.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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The death of the guard was first reported by the New York Times, citing the Ahmed Shabaik, the mosque’s chairman.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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Eidinger is perfect for the role, and his escalating temper tantrums — almost camp at first, with delicious echoes of Christoph Waltz’s Hans Landa — become frightening in their intensity.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
18 May 2026
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