binary

Example Sentences

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Matt: Why are people making out that it's a binary choice?

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

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

Tattered spy novels, texts on information theory and binary multipliers, and an old Polish-English dictionary.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin