How to Use all-or-nothing in a Sentence
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A little bit of the all-or-nothing from him.
—David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
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Do not make choices all-or-nothing.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
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Drop the all-or-nothing mindset.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
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That said, an all-or-nothing outcome is the most likely endgame.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
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This winter has been an all-or-nothing affair.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Those are stark all-or-nothing stakes, but ones that Cenko can accept.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 June 2026
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Not everything has to be all-or-nothing.
—Dr. Rina Koshkina, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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The president's an all-or-nothing guy.
—NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
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And for a while, that kind of all-or-nothing standard was a positive.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
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Thankfully, the alerts aren’t all-or-nothing.
—Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2026
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That’s the beauty of this kind of all-or-nothing decision.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
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Small, consistent changes tend to add up faster than an all-or-nothing overhaul.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2026
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Mark forms a shaky alliance in an all-or-nothing play, while the team makes a dangerous last stand.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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The all-or-nothing trick Goepper threw down said a lot about his goals and the sport itself.
—ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
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Funding a 529 is no longer an all-or-nothing bet on college.
—David Kudla, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Though the goal should be three servings of flavonoid-rich foods daily, your diet is not all-or-nothing.
—Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 23 June 2025
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How does his all-or-nothing game translate to the Premier League?
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 7 July 2025
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Nadler does not see the competition as an all-or-nothing battle.
—Elizabeth MacBride, CNBC, 19 May 2026
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This season deserves better than all-or-nothing.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
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Reducing soda intake does not have to be all-or-nothing.
—Brittany Poulson, Verywell Health, 30 Apr. 2026
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That all-or-nothing approach is leading to loss of talent, knowledge, and trust.
—Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
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Being so all-or-nothing predates Postecoglou, but his style compounds it.
—Mark Carey, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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The debate is largely framed as an all-or-nothing proposition.
—Craig Peters, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
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That tendency is often made worse by all-or-nothing thinking.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 28 Mar. 2026
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There’s the middle-aged coach who’s out of his depth, taking an all-or-nothing shot on an unlikely star.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 June 2025
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Garten’s advice doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing situation.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025
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Rahman notes that apps do not have to take an all-or-nothing approach to integrity checking.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024
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The Dodgers’ offense has had its own – much milder – dry spells spaced out in an all-or-nothing pattern over the past month.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 14 June 2024
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Campbell’s all-or-nothing, go-for-it mentality hurt him in that title game.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
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The problem with all-or-nothing positions is that those who adopt them usually end up with nothing.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
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