whichever

Example Sentences

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Last July, the university said it would automatically give raises to employees to among its lowest paid workers, bringing them to $25 per hour or a 5% wage increase — whichever was higher.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

For now, we are politically homeless, but whichever party can give us adequate shelter will gain a moral and political windfall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Nearly everyone in England, Wales and Scotland will benefit from this cut whichever energy tariff they are on, although the amounts will vary between households.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

It was Clouseau, or whichever character he was playing, who was trying to maintain his dignity and failing miserably but trying to hold on to a sense of self and composure while everything is crumbling.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

“It appears to me one of those questions which present great inconveniences whichever way it is decided,” he wrote his new son-in-law.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis