all-or-nothing
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Rather than treating this as a black-and-white or all-or-nothing scenario, why not dip into your taxable brokerage account, take out a mortgage, and time your IRA withdrawals or Roth conversions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
He kept the U.S. out of any major war and developed a nuclear strategy that evolved from “massive retaliation” to a policy that recognized how an all-or-nothing approach to thermonuclear weapons would be too dangerous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
But the United States is deploying a blunt, all-or-nothing approach.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026
“I think with Elon, it’s kind of this all-or-nothing thing,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
And the process was an all-or-nothing one; either you failed to modify at all, or else you modified the whole way.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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