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.
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The rules, spoken and otherwise, said that junior staff were there only to listen, with the hope that the wisdom of their elders would trickle down to them slowly but steadily, like how Reaganomics was supposed to work.
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Maris Kreizman
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Those using it can sit upright, sit cross-legged, lean back, sit diagonally so the hammock fabric supports their legs, and otherwise move and contort into various positions for extra comfort.
—New Atlas, 30 June 2025
In the five years since the events of Jurassic World Dominion, many of the dinosaurs and other formerly extinct creatures that were set free into the world have died off, unable to survive in the modern climate and otherwise hostile environments.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 30 June 2025
There are also myriad other concepts, commercial and otherwise, to characterize Apophis before, during, and after its encounter with Earth.
—ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
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Maris Kreizman
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Those using it can sit upright, sit cross-legged, lean back, sit diagonally so the hammock fabric supports their legs, and otherwise move and contort into various positions for extra comfort.
—New Atlas, 30 June 2025
In the five years since the events of Jurassic World Dominion, many of the dinosaurs and other formerly extinct creatures that were set free into the world have died off, unable to survive in the modern climate and otherwise hostile environments.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 30 June 2025
There are also myriad other concepts, commercial and otherwise, to characterize Apophis before, during, and after its encounter with Earth.
—ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
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“And otherwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/and%20otherwise. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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