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… a simple but powerful idea that throws a wrench of complexity into the usual black-or-white arguments over free trade.— Michael Pollan, Mother Jones, May/June 2003 Studies suggest that suicidal individuals tend to categorize events or experiences into polar extremes. They rigidly adopt an absolutist, black-or-white perspective and experience difficulty acknowledging nuances, subtleties, or relativistic alternatives.— Mark A. Reinecke et al., Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies in Crisis Intervention, 2007 Applications generally embody black-or-white choices bound by rigid logic …— Steve Ditlea, PC Computing, May 1994 Diagnoses are not always clear-cut, black-or-white propositions. There are many that include gray areas.— Paul G. Donohue, Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News, 20 June 1986
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“Black-or-white.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black-or-white. Accessed 26 Feb. 2021.
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