the other

noun

: the person or thing that remains or that has not been shown or mentioned yet

I held on with one hand and waved with the other.

Each of them looked at the other.

: an opposite place or thing

We moved from one side of town to the other.

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On the other side, Baker Mayfield has been sloppy lately but the Bucs seem to play their best against better opponents. —

Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024 The vast majority of the time, the coin takes the same path as all the other food items your kid eats. —

Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Dec. 2024 There is also a growing divide on how people feel about those on the other side of party lines. —

Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024 Now on the other side of 50, the British star is still among the best, most hard-working thespians in the business, having aged into a versatile, vanity-free character-actor groove that suits him well. —

Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the other