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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Looking to link the two rather than target one or the other, researchers analyzed data from 9,331 patients catalogued in the Cancer Genome Atlas and the Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
Unlike many of the free agents Peters and Quinn brought to D.C., whom one or the other knew from previous stops, the duo had no ties to Luvu.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
One Southern Living reader suggests adding both cinnamon and nutmeg rather than one or the other.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025
Key to the film’s success is the one-two punch of Destiny and Henry, an effortlessly charismatic pairing that hurts the film whenever one or the other is off the screen, as when Claressa goes to China by herself.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
Unlike many of the free agents Peters and Quinn brought to D.C., whom one or the other knew from previous stops, the duo had no ties to Luvu.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
One Southern Living reader suggests adding both cinnamon and nutmeg rather than one or the other.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025
Key to the film’s success is the one-two punch of Destiny and Henry, an effortlessly charismatic pairing that hurts the film whenever one or the other is off the screen, as when Claressa goes to China by herself.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024
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“One or the other.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20or%20the%20other. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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