one or the other

idiom

: one of two persons or things but not the other

One or the other of us will have to go.

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Add to this a clearer-than-ever bifurcation between first jobs that pay a living wage and appear to have career pathways and jobs that have one or the other or neither. —

Ryan Craig, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 Organizations that blend quantitative and qualitative data in their communications receive more attention compared to those that rely on one or the other. —

Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024 The costs of booths are about the same for both fair models, and dealers didn’t appear to hesitate much between showing at one or the other. —

Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024 Some scientific evidence indicates combining alcohol and cannabis at the same time can magnify the effects of one or the other or both. —

Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for one or the other

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