How to Use mutually exclusive in a Sentence

mutually exclusive

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• Also, those two things don't have to be mutually exclusive.
  — Bill Landis, cleveland.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• The world is wide, and no pair of interests is mutually exclusive.
  — Alexis Nedd, Cosmopolitan, 2 Jan. 2018
• And, more to the point, that luxury and conscience are not mutually exclusive.
  — Pilar Guzmán, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2017
• But fulfilling that comfort craving and sticking to your health goals don’t have to be mutually exclusive.
  — NBC News, 24 Jan. 2018
• But playing to win and playing Myles Brennan are not mutually exclusive.
  — Alex Hickey, ajc, 7 Nov. 2017
• The troubling events of Nov. 6 and the state championship are not mutually exclusive.
  — Jeff Jacobs, courant.com, 12 Dec. 2017
• Making adult decisions and making punk rock are, in some instances, not mutually exclusive actions.
  — Chris Varias, Cincinnati.com, 27 Oct. 2017
• Big Pharrell praying hands those weren't mutually exclusive.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2017
• Since then, Biles has been a symbol for many on how athletic greatness and mental health prioritization do not need to be mutually exclusive.
  — Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 4 Aug. 2024
• Those two objectives could be mutually exclusive, BMI Research said last week.
  — Dara Doyle, Bloomberg.com, 17 Jan. 2018
• White has studied the identities of people diagnosed with substance use disorder and found three big, though not mutually exclusive, identity styles.
  — Zachary Siegel, Slate Magazine, 29 Oct. 2017
• But the North does not see the two as mutually exclusive.
  — Motoko Rich, New York Times, 1 June 2018
• My point here is that the two do not have be mutually exclusive.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• Of course, some get-down and lift-up need not be mutually exclusive.
  — Fox News, 31 Aug. 2018
• This is a motley list of parents, some of which are mutually exclusive or at least very hard to square.
  — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 7 May 2018
• The two are not mutually exclusive and work best when they are both aligned with the company’s mission.
  — Yancey Spruill, Forbes, 3 May 2022
• Not that the two are mutually exclusive, as this season has shown in South Dakota.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023
• What gets lost in this is those things aren’t mutually exclusive.
  — oregonlive, 5 July 2020
• All of the above – or some combination None of the above is mutually exclusive.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2018
• Yes, the sweats are cozy, but no one’s taking them away from you and fastening your corset laces—they’re not mutually exclusive.
  — Jill Kargman, Town & Country, 20 Apr. 2021
• Whether we are also meant to see her as blinkered (as if faith and science are mutually exclusive) is less clear at that point.
  — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2023
• The hosts are quick to point out that pop culture and politics are not mutually exclusive.
  — Washington Post, 17 July 2019
• While the two gaps aren’t mutually exclusive, the experience gap is the mortar around these skill bricks.
  — Ryan Craig, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
• While much has been made of the need to balance public health measures and the economy, the two are not mutually exclusive, experts say.
  — Ben Westcott and Carly Walsh, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021
• The film showed that movies could make money and appeal broadly and still be of high quality and craft; those things didn’t have to be mutually exclusive.
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 18 June 2024
• However, the two are not mutually exclusive; in fact, one of the most of-the-moment beauty trends on Instagram is coupling nail art with the PSA to get out and vote.
  — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 2 Nov. 2020
• The implication was that June cared more about her career than her child, as though the two things are mutually exclusive.
  — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 June 2018
• Note, though, that the terms aren’t mutually exclusive.
  — Dallas News, 11 Dec. 2022
• Note, though, that the terms aren’t mutually exclusive.
  — Josh Beckerman, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2024
• Of course, possessing soft skills or technical skills doesn't have to be mutually exclusive.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 July 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024