binary

Example Sentences

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Burden wrote this long after the fact, when the binary nature of her marriage became self-evident.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket sell event contracts, federally-regulated financial instruments tied to binary outcomes like which team will win a sporting event.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

He’s both movie-star hunky and action-star engrossing, flitting between these two deceptively binary ends without breaking a sweat.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Supporters of the bill argued MSPs were not facing a binary choice between better palliative care and assisted dying, with Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton insisting the legislation would provide a "powerful matrix of safety".

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Sometimes he made me do my arithmetic homework in binary numbers because he said I needed to be challenged.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls