one way or another

idiom

: by some method
He vowed that he would succeed (in) one way or another.

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And one way to do that would be to hire people who had contact with them one way or another. David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026 Here, Trapasso shares the factors that might sway you one way or another when finding your ideal home direction. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2026 For starters, there's no Federal Reserve meeting scheduled for this month to impact the mortgage rate climate one way or another. Matt Richardson, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026 Putin, however, has insisted that Russia would achieve its objectives in Ukraine one way or another. Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for one way or another

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“One way or another.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20way%20or%20another. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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