as in alternatively
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Adverb
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Currently, some prescribing physicians are likely unaware if patients have disordered eating tendencies, either because the symptoms slip through the cracks, the patient actively conceals them, or the patient is too embarrassed to bring them up, Wassenaar explained.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Health,
20 May 2025 -
McLaren's other driver, Lando Norris, couldn't make a dent on Red Bull's race, either.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2025
Adverb
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Godard has no script, working instead from a treatment by his comrade François Truffaut, and also from ideas that come to mind before and during shooting; whenever inspiration runs dry, production wraps for the day.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 May 2025
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The boom was instead brought out first to aid in the investigation into the diver’s death.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
Adverb
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Guitarist Johnstone was alternately audible and indistinct.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Mel Stuart's alternately haunting, awe-inspiring, and flat-out hilarious adaptation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory helped to inspire a whole candy company.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
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“Optionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optionally. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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