either-or
allowing no equivocation; being limited in choice to two options: It's an either-or situation—you pay the bill or you lose the company's services.
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How to use either-or in a sentence
Making mothering and working an either/or robs us all of the powerful contributions mothers make to our economy.
Why Obama’s Plan for Working Moms Just Won’t Work | Cathy Reisenwitz | July 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAgain, an either/or debate—this kind of assistance is depicted as helping employees, not employers.
You Can’t ‘Have It All’ & More of Feminism’s Outdated Phrases | Ellen Galinsky | March 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is another one of those either/or guilt-fueled debates—should we be having quantity time or quality time with children?
You Can’t ‘Have It All’ & More of Feminism’s Outdated Phrases | Ellen Galinsky | March 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd a lot of the Mommy Wars have been about it being either/or.
An "either-or" more terrible no doubt than the one he had formulated before her just a year ago.
The Elusive Pimpernel | Baroness Emmuska Orczy
In any event, the "either-or-ness" has been most unfortunate in its consequences.
Nine O'Clock Talks | Frederic B. KelloggWhen "either-or" is used in the reproduction of dreams, it is, as I have already mentioned, to be replaced by "and."
Dream Psychology | Sigmund FreudThe dream never utters the alternative "either-or," but accepts both as having equal rights in the same connection.
Dream Psychology | Sigmund Freud
British Dictionary definitions for either-or
presenting an unavoidable need to choose between two alternatives: an either-or situation
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