either/or

Example Sentences

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I think, culturally, we have this knee-jerk habit where everything is either-or.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025

I'm not one of those either-or people, but I can make a stronger case that we have our own homegrown traditions of reaction and authoritarianism that we need to take seriously.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

“This is not an either-or situation,” Anenberg says.

From Scientific American • Sep. 22, 2023

“A Catholic cannot think either-or and reduce everything to polarization. The essence of what is Catholic is both-and,” he said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2022

Posing the question in that either-or form misses the point.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond