as in inconsistent
not being in agreement or harmony
the two plans are mutually exclusive; implementing one will automatically rule out the other
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Recent Examples of mutually exclusive
Musk and Bezos have different ideas of what humans’ future in space should look like, and their visions are not mutually exclusive.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
The two are not mutually exclusive.
—Elle Wang, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But a strategic alliance is not mutually exclusive with strategic autonomy.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2025
Some clouds can exhibit multiple varieties at once, so the varieties are not mutually exclusive to one another, and many genera have several varieties.
—Noel Kirkpatrick, Treehugger, 7 Aug. 2025
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
The two are not mutually exclusive.
—Elle Wang, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But a strategic alliance is not mutually exclusive with strategic autonomy.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2025
Some clouds can exhibit multiple varieties at once, so the varieties are not mutually exclusive to one another, and many genera have several varieties.
—Noel Kirkpatrick, Treehugger, 7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mutually exclusive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutually exclusive
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But beyond that familiar advice, dietary guidance has long been vague and inconsistent.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Fairlead Strategies or its affiliates may have positions in financial instruments mentioned, may have acquired such positions at prices no longer available, and may have interests different from or adverse to your interests or inconsistent with the advice herein.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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Throughout the six episodes, viewers are intentionally misled about which woman is more sympathetic, as the series flips back and forth between Cherry and Laura’s conflicting perspectives on the first months of a whirlwind romance between Daniel and Cherry.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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Recent research has produced conflicting results about the ways that GLP-1 drugs might affect the progression of early diabetic eye disease.—
Liz Szabo,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Mutually exclusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutually%20exclusive. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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