How to Use or what in a Sentence

or what

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• Hal was the one who found him, or what was left of him.
  — Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
• So who or what is behind that door?
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
• So then who, or what, did the chasing?
  — Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
• Is this process, creation, luck or what?
  — Beverly Gologorsky september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
• And who, or what, shall grab their crown for themselves?
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
• How long the project could take or what the total cost could be are not clear.
  — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2026
• And if so, what are the lessons or what is the single lesson?
  — Outside Online, 29 Oct. 2025
• Yet where this road leads, or what dangers lie around the next bend, is far from clear.
  — Adrian Gostick, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
• In that world, who, or what, will make decisions?
  — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
• Who or what inspires your fashion most?
  — Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 15 Dec. 2025
• Okay, did Don Draper write this ad or what?
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2026
• Are there people making claims like that, or what’s your take on that?
  — Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
• And just who or what in the hell is Bad Bunny?
  — Oc Register, 7 Feb. 2026
• What is coming, or what happened?
  — Leonor C. Suárez, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2026
• Every few years, there's a new diet trend telling us what to eat or what to avoid.
  — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
• The Garcías didn’t know the man or what happened to him.
  — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
• As actors, you get told what to say or what projects to do, and you get trashed online.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
• Wondering how to watch the game or what the betting lines are?
  — American Statesman Sports Desk, Austin American Statesman, 28 Mar. 2026
• So who, or what, is really to blame for the lack of business?
  — Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
• Apply a tourniquet or what can act as a tourniquet.
  — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
• Wanna give him another week or two or what?
  — Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
• Police did not say how the two knew each other or what the dispute was about.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 12 Jan. 2026
• There’s no telling when this will wrap up or what the resolution will be.
  — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 27 July 2026
• Garg declined to say when the tokens will go live or what the tokens will be called.
  — Ben Weiss, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
• So who — or what — exactly is the devil that needs to be beat in this small town?
  — Claire Franken, TVLine, 24 Sep. 2025
• And if a protest turns violent, who or what exactly lit the fuse?
  — Nancy Gibbs, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
• It was not known if the two men knew each other or what led up to the altercation.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
• Police have not said anything about suspects or what led up to the shooting.
  — Quinlan Bentley, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
• Heads praying or looking at crops or at little children or the floor or what have you.
  — Miriam Toews, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
• In a way, there wasn’t a lot of focus on personal life or what your parents did.
  — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025