and otherwise

idiom

used to refer to something that is additional to something already mentioned
The company has been having problems, financial and otherwise, for several years.

Examples of and otherwise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web So when a team scores its biggest win in program history, a skeleton crew of employees is left to handle media requests, craft new marketing campaigns and otherwise seize the moment. Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024 But the Latino cohort is having a lot of gains educationally and otherwise. Fortune Editors, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024 Others took part in a benefit pool tournament to help launch PAC-SJ’s sign restoration fund, which is intended to help keep as many of the city’s beautiful old signs — neon and otherwise — in tip-top shape as much as possible. Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024 Three months later, NIST has concluded the first few steps toward implementing its new responsibilities—red teaming and otherwise. IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024 Leading a coalition of over 20 countries, the United States is working to protect crucial shipping lanes by shooting down Houthi drones and missiles and otherwise trying to stop attacks that emanate from Yemen. Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2024 Rebecca Solnit reflects on how the social climate of San Francisco has been permanently altered with the rise of tech giants which have widened the disparity between the haves and have nots and who—perhaps surprisingly—are behind some crime in the city, drug-related and otherwise. Krista Stevens, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024 In the days since Smirnov’s arrest on charges of lying to the government, House G.O.P. leaders have deflected, filibustered, and otherwise obfuscated about the whole affair. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2024 The Yellowstone actor and his ex-wife have already agreed to retain joint custody of their three children and otherwise settled their divorce back in September. Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024

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“And otherwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/and%20otherwise. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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