one way or another

idiom

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

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So much of our livelihood has been in that worker/partnership with Ford one way or another. Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025 So imagine, one way or another, in the primary campaign or a general-election campaign, the case gets to the Supreme Court. Michael Luo, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2025 Now the Cubs are going to be forced to pay the price one way or another. Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025 So much of our livelihood has been in that worker/partnership with Ford one way or another. Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 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 6 Nov. 2025.

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