all-or-nothing
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of all-or-nothing
First recorded in 1755–65
Example Sentences
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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
Charles Schwab is partnering with Cboe Global Markets to offer all-or-nothing options contracts for S&P 500 performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
But the United States is deploying a blunt, all-or-nothing approach.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026
It creates an all-or-nothing approach that is extremely hard to stick to.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
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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