one way or another

idiom

: by some method
He vowed that he would succeed (in) one way or another.

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In the weeks to come, one way or another the possibilities are going to be more fertile because the market will become more fluid with separation. Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025 Pulse may not have been good, but by virtue of being Netflix’s first foray into medical procedurals — one of television’s longest-running and most-successful genres — Pulse was going to be precedent-setting one way or another. Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025 The structures have a lot of needs and were going to change one way or another. Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 All of them were positive: A.I. would improve one way or another, to the benefit of humanity. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for one way or another

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“One way or another.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20way%20or%20another. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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