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Many species of birds are philopatric, meaning they either stay in the area they were born or regularly return to the same place to mate.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Their analysis showed that tiny arms were more strongly associated with skull robustness than with either skull size or total body size.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

“Each side tries to weed out the other. The distinction we were seeing more of was either general trust or general skepticism.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Affected holdings will be adjusted upwards to include either the interest accrued since the error occurred, or the Bank of England base interest rate plus one percentage point, whichever is higher.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

But I couldn’t think of anything to say either.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo