one way or another

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]

Example Sentences

Tax reform is in the industrial world’s future one way or another to deal with its debts, not soon enough now to make a difference in the climate future.

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“It’s the kind of grief that never resolves, that just changes shape over time. So most of my films, in one way or another, are about people living in the aftermath of that kind of loss, whether it’s literal or emotional. It’s not something that I purposely set out to repeat, but it’s clearly where my heart seems to go.”

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Biles added that, while she hasn’t decided one way or another whether the 2024 Paris Games were her last, she would be happy to end her career with that performance.

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One way or another, Israel may have to deal with it for some time to come.

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“You’re taking a risk one way or another,” Weitzel said.

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