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either

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adjective

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Recent Examples of either
Adverb
Those changes aren’t just coming for ticketing, either. Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 10 Nov. 2025 Not just any old rag can restore your stainless steel dishwasher, sink, or oven, either. Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
Adjective
Or that having two pro leagues forces players into an either or decision. Teresa M. Walker, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025 Shelter insecurity and housing cost do not have to be an either or solution. Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for either
Recent Examples of Synonyms for either
Adverb
  • People get in the bathtub, think something, bathe themselves and then stand up from the bathwater, all of this is rather ordinary, but even the most ordinary thing in this world can conceal considerable danger.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Make sure the tires reconnect with the road - During the skid, wait until the tires reconnect with the road and then gently straighten the wheels to regain control.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 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
  • And, besides, all of the album’s aims converge under one roof.
    Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
  • And besides, Milan would have to do the running.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In July, Venezuelan security forces briefly detained several economists, including former finance minister Rodrigo Cabezas, for sharing pessimistic views.
    Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Resources are local and vary from a single module to several resources.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Energy Minister Abbas Alibadi also announced that water supplies will be cut off on some evenings to refill reservoirs, urging citizens to reduce consumption by 20% to avoid rationing.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Researchers also highlighted that the next key step will be to determine whether Enceladus’ ocean has existed long enough for life to develop.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Shouts for it will be met by angry fingers jutted towards the various gaffes played ad nauseam on Sky Sports’ weekly Ref Watch, or the mandatory pause before the emotional unleashing as VAR mulls over whether a goal is a goal or just a hoax.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Michael Harley covers various athletics at Arkansas State University and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
    Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • The method can provide aerodynamic drag data more efficiently during the early stages of aircraft design.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
  • In response, Delaware last March passed a law to make the state more alluring, to which Texas quickly counter-punched with an even friendlier law.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Either.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/either. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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