Either-or

"Either-or" in a Sentence (5 examples)

It's a matter of either-or.

It's not an either-or situation.

It isn't an either-or situation.

“There’s a misperception out there that if some women are succeeding, that if many women are succeeding, it’s at the detriment of men,” he said. “When we support women, as men, it’s a good thing. The more women that succeed, there’s benefits to families, benefits to the economy, and benefits to our country. It’s not an either/or.”

Using existing housing better and building new homes are not either/ors but complementary. Doing both will mean a faster (and greener) solution.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.