and otherwise

phrase

—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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There are biker clubs, chartered and otherwise, all over the country, and there have been since the late nineteen-sixties. — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026 The focus of Saturday’s planned protest was Gyanesh Kumar, the head of the Electoral Commission that’s currently in the middle of a gargantuan exercise to remove dead, duplicate and otherwise ineligible voters from its rolls. — Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 Other social media accounts — from stan accounts and otherwise — have also posted about the song. — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026 People care about us and want my family and me to improve—emotionally, psychologically, mentally, spiritually, and otherwise. — Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Time, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for and otherwise

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“And otherwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/and%20otherwise. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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