of one kind/sort/type or another

phrase

—used to indicate that the speaker is referring to a range of items that could fit a description

I need a fastener of one kind/sort/type or another.

Examples of of one kind/sort/type or another in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The experiment is that AI is being made available nationally and globally, which is either overtly or insidiously acting to provide mental health guidance of one kind or another. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 27 Feb. 2026

There were always raised voices of one kind or another, always dirty cups in the sink and random forks on the sofa. — Molly Aitken, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026

Just check out Sidney Lumet’s terrific 1971 thriller The Anderson Tapes, in which much of the story was similarly related via surveillance footage of one kind or another. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026

With such a paltry salary, advocates for the idea say, lawmakers are typically wealthy, retired or need to seek out help from patrons of one sort or another to get by. — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 12 Jan. 2026