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Preposition
other than a new jacket, I bought no special clothes for the wedding
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
The passing game was more cosmetic than consequential, other than setting up those field goals.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
Most of the program’s expenditure goes to relatively affluent seniors and has little effect other than to push up taxes, reduce incentives ...
—Chris Pope, National Review, 28 Mar. 2023
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Preposition
Its main purpose is to help astronomers know more about exoplanets, planets that orbit stars other than the sun.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
The passing game was more cosmetic than consequential, other than setting up those field goals.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
Conjunction
Not a lot has changed other than maybe a few paintings on the wall and a few decorations around the Oval Office and White House that each president sort of comes in with.
—Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
Most of the program’s expenditure goes to relatively affluent seniors and has little effect other than to push up taxes, reduce incentives ...
—Chris Pope, National Review, 28 Mar. 2023
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“Other than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/other%20than. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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