as in then
in addition to what has been said
you won't convince them, and, in fact, I don't agree either!
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as in any
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Recent Examples of either
Matthew Continetti, National Review, 7 Dec. 2024
There is either—Galtung notes that this is the most important distinction—a person who acts to commit the violence or there is not.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman and Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Jan. 2022
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Now there are murmurs from the Senate that Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense — veteran, author, advocate, and television host Pete Hegseth — might not have 50 votes either.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 7 Dec. 2024
There is either—Galtung notes that this is the most important distinction—a person who acts to commit the violence or there is not.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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But some judges criticized the either-jail-or-probation sentencing aspect of the parading charge.
—Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman and Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Jan. 2022
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The team then starts another long, delicate task: preparing the pig kidneys for implantation.Rob Stein, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
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The hospitals were once part of Presence Health, and then, in 2018, became part of Amita Health.Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2024
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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
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In another Tuesday morning tweet, the president denied even knowing any the women who have spoken out.Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 12 Dec. 2017
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The Russians are juggling the materiel and manpower demands of the long-running war, punitive Western sanctions, low oil prices, high interest rates, inflation, a labor shortage, endemic corruption, and much more besides.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
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Murderbot wouldn’t care, and besides, there are more books to write.Meghan Herbst, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
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What To Know Over the past several months, there have been various similar recalls for cars and specific car parts, mainly led by the NHTSA.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Mainlanders pay $80 for weekday green fees, which is quite the deal on this locals-popular layout featuring several holes that either approach the beach or have ocean views.Scott Kramer, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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His uncles are former President John F. Kennedy, also a former Massachusetts senator who was assassinated in 1963; and former Sen. Ted Kennedy, who served from 1962 until his death in 2009.Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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During her 40-year-plus career, Delano also worked in such films as Ratboy (1986), A Mighty Wind (2003), The Wicker Man (2006) — as the bitchy Sister Beech — Miracle Mile (1988) and The Ladykillers (2004).Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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There’s reliable evidence that laughter improves various aspects of mental, emotional and physical health.Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
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The weekend household consists of various aristocrats, plutocrats and tycoons of the age.Louis J. Esterhazy, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024
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Blanket preemptive pardons remain on table A far more delicate political calculation for Biden will be whether to offer blanket pardons to shield individuals who Trump has threatened.Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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To Schilling, Hill, and their colleagues, this means that although predictive deep learning programs have their uses, the burden of proof needs to be much more rigorous when using them in situations such as medical research.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Either.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/either. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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