How to Use one or the other in a Sentence

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• Well, the question should be: When take one or the other?
  — Men's Health, 8 Nov. 2022
• Cut back on one or the other and good things will happen.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2023
• Pick one or the other, or do a ghostie on one side and the eight-legged beastie on the other.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 16 Aug. 2023
• Show us both as moms and workers, don’t just show one or the other.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
• Sport and street bikes, on the other hand, can focus on one or the other.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2022
• Some plants prefer one or the other, depending on how long the plant has been in the ground.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2023
• What are the factors that would help determine one or the other?
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023
• And, of course, a lot of us are not interested in being one or the other.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
• Next week, maybe something else historic will take one or the other’s place.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
• Conversely, a poor showing could force one or the other to end their bid.
  — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
• Still, viewers don’t have to pick one or the other, despite the discourse egging viewers on to do so.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2022
• The only caveat would be if one or the other hurts their chances of landing someone to finish games.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
• The only caveat would be if one or the other hurts their chances of landing someone to finish games.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
• The letter also raised the prospect of a contentious legal battle if one or the other side took the matter to court.
  — New York Times, 6 June 2022
• There’s plenty of Harvard-Westlake fans hoping one or the other ends up with the Dodgers.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
• Spielberg thus has directed a record five films that won the top prize in one or the other of the Globes’ two film categories.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 11 Jan. 2023
• Only when Wigner examines the lab does the atom enter one or the other state.
  — Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
• Some people don’t like muffs that fit on the top of their head but don’t like earplugs any better, leaving them to settle for one or the other.
  — Travis Smola, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2023
• Jack and Babette are hung up on death from the start of the movie, volleying for the position of most-aggrieved should one or the other die first.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2022
• Too often onscreen, Black women only get to be one or the other — if that.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2024
• If disaster strikes one or the other, some birds will survive.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2023
• At one or the other point, everybody will come to know the latest trends happening around them.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• At one or the other point, everybody will come to know the latest trends happening around them.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• Well, some songs reflect one or the other of us in particular.
  — Billboard Italy, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2024
• Would more casual moviegoers be forced to pick one or the other, though?
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 20 July 2023
• As long as all jurors agree to one or the other, the crime of involuntary manslaughter has been proven.
  — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2024
• So many of our favorite moments as a family revolve around one or the other.
  — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 7 June 2022
• Every cook has likely used one or the other in a pinch, and this article clears up the confusion and provides ways to use both.
  — Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2023
• Choose to create both horizontal and vertical lines, or opt for one or the other for a more minimal look.
  — Claire Hoppe, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2024
• Voters can participate in both contests but candidates had to pick one or the other.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024