Sentence examples for something or other from inspiring English sources

"something or other" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you don't know the exact details of something. For example, "I heard he's going somewhere or other for the holidays."

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something or other

noun

Something unspecified or indeterminate

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do something or other.

Fatal something or other".

Sylvan something or other, anyway.

"Everything was the greatest something or other".

He says he is always ruminating on something or other.

"They really could tell people to do something or other.

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Isn't there always a something-or-other day?

Its abstract compositional tension suggests a precarious something-or-other.

WHAT IT ACHIEVES: A timeless something-or-other.

"To make something-or-other, you have to break a lot of something-or-other?" "I think he could hold the baby," Renee said.

It introduced the AirPort Express, a $130 something-or-other for both Windows PC's and Macs.

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