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either

[ee-ther, ahy-ther] / ˈi ðər, ˈaɪ ðər /
PRONOUN
one or the other
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Orlando and other Florida cities are either losing domestic migrants or gaining them more slowly, threatening the state’s economic model.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

“There can be no subterfuge about a cash dividend. It is either paid or it is not paid.”

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

But not all is well in the citrus kingdom of Brazil, either.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

As all those options cost money, what unscrupulous traders actually do is either illegally burn the clothes, or illegally dump them out in the surrounding Atacama Desert.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

On either side doors opened into two still larger rooms—by far the largest dormitories we had yet seen.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom