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either

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adjective

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Recent Examples of either
Adverb
But some judges criticized the either-jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman and Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Jan. 2022 But some judges criticized the either-jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge. Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman and Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Jan. 2022
Adjective
Rent prices in Chicago show no signs of easing either. Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025 The alleged egging wasn't the only interruption to the event either. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for either
Recent Examples of Synonyms for either
Adverb
  • The Sisters of Mercy then typically placed those babies with adoptive parents.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
  • General manager Garth Snow traded Griffin Reinhart to the Oilers for the 16th and 33rd picks, then grabbed Barzal.
    The Athletic NHL Staff, New York Times, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • No one, after all, would be any the wiser: Hillary would coast to victory, so Democrats would continue running the government; FISA materials are highly classified, so they’d be kept under wraps.
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 23 Dec. 2017
  • In another Tuesday morning tweet, the president denied even knowing any the women who have spoken out.
    Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 12 Dec. 2017
Adverb
  • By now she’s made her choice and nearly loaded the moving truck besides.
    Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 14 June 2025
  • The faculty included experts on all five of the world’s major faith traditions, as well as scholars fluent in another dozen or so minor religions besides.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • Advertisement Advertisement The Gilded Age is fiction, but informed deeply by history, with several characters that are based on real people.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 23 June 2025
  • When a parent disappears Foundation for Early Childhood Education, a Head Start provider with 20 centers in East L.A. that cares for about 500 children, said federal agents have been spotted near several of their centers based at housing projects.
    Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
Adverb
  • Iran’s retaliation could also come in the form of cyber attacks against American or Israeli interests.
    Sara Braun, Fortune, 22 June 2025
  • The West Ridge campus also expanded to become more than 30 acres, with the additions of a restaurant, a gift shop and a bakery, all of which provide places for Misericordia residents to work.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • Insurers ramped up the red tape in recent years, drawing the ire of patients, doctors and state policy makers who have championed various fixes to rein it in.
    Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 24 June 2025
  • Get up and running now to claim the various promos bet365 will be running for the remainder of the MLB season.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Adverb
  • His tourist-centric design would be considerably more luxe than the Circle Line.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
  • During the second inning, Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Nick Castellanos lifted a sinking line drive into right field, conjuring Espada’s memories of a far more consequential fly ball hit to that same spot.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 28 June 2025

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“Either.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/either. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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