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either-ors

either-ors is the plural of either-or.

Meaning of either-or

Noun

either-or (plural either-ors)

  1. A situation in which there is a choice between two different plans of action, but both together are not possible.
    • “There’s a misperception out there that if some women are succeeding, that if many women are succeeding, it’s at the detriment of men,” he said. “When we support women, as men, it’s a good thing. The more women that succeed, there’s benefits to families, benefits to the economy, and benefits to our...2023 March 13, Naureen Khan, “Doug Emhoff Wants Men to Clear the Path for More Kamalas”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2023

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Questions about either-ors

What is either-ors the plural of?
Either-ors is the plural of either-or.

Words near either-ors in the dictionary

  1. either done or died
  2. either way
  3. either-either
  4. either-handed
  5. either-or
  6. either-ors
  7. either-way offence
  8. either-way offences
  9. either/or
  10. either/ors
  11. eithers

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