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either

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adjective

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Recent Examples of either
Adverb
The mecha linkage wasn’t an arbitrary one either, as mecha anime veteran Ryosuke Takahashi handled the series’ composition. Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025 Couldn’t hurt the owner of a produce company, either. Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025
Adjective
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 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 See All Example Sentences for either
Recent Examples of Synonyms for either
Adverb
  • If finding a soulmate in the urban sprawl of Los Angeles is a long and arduous journey, one studded with minefields erupting in confusion, anxiety and repeated dismay, then let the body lead the way.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
  • By then, Sina had founded a nonprofit called Intimacy Directors International with two other women—Siobhan Richardson, a movement coach, and Rodis, who had been doing some informal intimacy coördination for a stunt program at N.Y.U.’s film school.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • In another Tuesday morning tweet, the president denied even knowing any the women who have spoken out.
    Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 12 Dec. 2017
Adverb
  • And besides, Reyes doesn’t have to kill the Ghost — just bring them back alive.
    Joe Leydon, Variety, 8 May 2025
  • Bring binoculars again because the moon will be slender, and, besides, the Pleiades look spectacular with a bit of magnification.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The demonstrations in Los Angeles began with a few hundred people on Friday and swelled by Sunday to thousands who blocked a major freeway and set several self-driving cars on fire.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 June 2025
  • Austrian state police said earlier on social media that there had been several fatalities at the school, the BORG Dreierschützengasse.
    Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 10 June 2025
Adverb
  • Scherzinger is also on TIME’s 2025 list of the most influential people in the world.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 June 2025
  • Landscaped by Gustafson Porter + Bowman, the rare slice of green space in the heart of central London not only acts as a leafy oasis but can also be appreciated through the home’s grand windows.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • Bagworms most commonly attack evergreens like junipers, arborvitae, cypress, cedars, and broadleaved plants such as Indian hawthorn, azaleas, and various oaks.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
  • The Genesis Center is one of the various downtown Gary properties included in the city’s master plan with the University of Notre Dame’s Housing and Community Regeneration Initiative.
    Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
Adverb
  • This year, however, many turned their prayers on a more immediate target.
    Paola Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
  • Former Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte is talking more about how his faith in God helped him persevere after admitting in 2007 to using human growth hormone for two days after an elbow injury.
    Morgan Kromer, The Washington Examiner, 16 June 2025

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“Either.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/either. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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