one way or another

idiom

: by some method
He vowed that he would succeed (in) one way or another.

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My ideas come from what’s going on in my life, one way or another. Sophie Brooks, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025 There are other kinds of more exotic stablecoins as well that lawmakers might deal with one way or another. Brady Dale, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025 Proving it one way or another would require radically new mathematical techniques. Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025 One game isn’t going to change the season, one way or another. Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for one way or another 

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“One way or another.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20way%20or%20another. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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