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Preposition
other than a new jacket, I bought no special clothes for the wedding
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Variety, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Garoppolo went out in Week 3 with a torn ACL and the 49ers had little to cheer about other than a breakout season by George Kittle (88 receptions, 1,307 yards, 5 TDs) in a 4-12 season.
2017: Week 11, 5-1.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 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
Hollywood mostly avoided the post-election weekend out of concern that people wouldn’t be paying attention to anything other than the presidential race.
—Variety, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Garoppolo went out in Week 3 with a torn ACL and the 49ers had little to cheer about other than a breakout season by George Kittle (88 receptions, 1,307 yards, 5 TDs) in a 4-12 season.
2017: Week 11, 5-1.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 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 22 Nov. 2024.
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