one way or another

Idioms  

1. Also, one way or the other. Somehow, in some fashion, as in One way or another I'm sure we'll meet again, or He wasn't sure how to go about building a wall, but he was sure he would manage in one way or the other. [Mid-1500s]

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Example Sentences

“The affordability issues that are facing many Americans are not going to be helped one way or another,” Marc Busch, a professor and expert in international trade policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough’s Baratta Center for Global Business, tells Barron’s.

From Barron's

McFadden thinks Celtic's season could go one way or another based on whether O'Neill decides to stick with Schmeichel or promote understudy Viljami Sinisalo.

From BBC

F1's four active world champions - Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso and Lando Norris - have all made disparaging comments about the driving experience of the new cars in one way or another.

From BBC

One way or another it will fall, either through toppling or imploding from within.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it’s worth asking: If the mullahs are toppled or lose their grip on power in one way or another, who replaces them?

From Slate

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