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ELSEWHERE
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In or to another place
Example:
look elsewhere for the answer
Classified under:
Context examples:
As a result, Arctic absorption of mercury indicates that the region will continue to serve as a global sink of mercury emitted elsewhere in the globe.
(Study finds mercury levels in Arctic soils 5 times higher than temperate regions, National Science Foundation)
Complex organic molecules, those with six or more atoms including carbon, are some of the basic building blocks of molecules that are essential to life on Earth and – presumably – elsewhere in the universe.
(Stellar Embryos in Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Contain Surprisingly Complex Organic Molecules, National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
They found that Shingopana was more closely related to titanosaurs of South America than to any of the other species currently known from Africa or elsewhere.
(Paleontologists discover new species of sauropod dinosaur in Tanzania, National Science Foundation)
A further implication is that Earth might not be optimally habitable—and life elsewhere may enjoy a planet that is even more hospitable than our own.
(Some Exoplanets May Have Greater Variety of Life than Exists on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Information about the size of the device that is not represented elsewhere.
(Device Size Text, NCI Thesaurus)
Denotes the inhabitants of the island of Chuuk, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.
(Chuukese, NCI Thesaurus)
The putamen is a key brain hub in addiction, sending dopamine signals elsewhere in the brain, and helping mediate how impulsively we behave.
(Young people at risk of addiction show differences in key brain region, University of Cambridge)
Most of the Himalayan glaciers could disappear faster than those elsewhere in the world.
(Bulk of Himalayan glaciers could vanish by 2100, SciDev.Net)
The LBFD X-plane will be flown over communities to collect data necessary for regulators to enable supersonic flight over land in the United States and elsewhere in the world.
(NASA Completes Milestone Toward Quieter Supersonic X-Plane, NASA)
Curiosity doesn't have instruments that can definitively say what the source of the methane is, or even if it's coming from a local source within Gale Crater or elsewhere on the planet.
(Curiosity Detects Unusually High Methane Levels, NASA)
