the other
noun
1
: 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.
2
: an opposite place or thing
We moved from one side of town to the other.
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Yet De Zerbi, now at Marseille of the French top flight, never got the better of Guardiola in their four Premier League meetings, losing the other three.
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Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
In the other future, Trump continues to wage his trade war against Canada and Alberta starts looking for oil and gas customers beyond the U.S., Smith said.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
Notably, the Xbox and Microsoft Store versions of the game are part of the Xbox Play Anywhere program, meaning players on those platforms can buy it on either platform and play it on the other without having to buy it a second time.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
The happy reality that the world’s greatest businesses clamor for a U.S. presence quickly came to mind the other day while reading a rather critical piece on Meta, owner of Facebook, in the Washington Post.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
In the other future, Trump continues to wage his trade war against Canada and Alberta starts looking for oil and gas customers beyond the U.S., Smith said.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
Notably, the Xbox and Microsoft Store versions of the game are part of the Xbox Play Anywhere program, meaning players on those platforms can buy it on either platform and play it on the other without having to buy it a second time.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
The happy reality that the world’s greatest businesses clamor for a U.S. presence quickly came to mind the other day while reading a rather critical piece on Meta, owner of Facebook, in the Washington Post.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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“The other.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20other. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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