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During an interview Thursday, Stockstill did not name candidates for either job.
From the tennessean.com
Visitors can either bring their own telescope or use ones provided by the Adler.
From the dailyherald.com
The election board's decision is not expected to end the matter either, however.
From the dailyherald.com
Not only did no 787s get delivered last year, but no 747s were delivered either.
From the stltoday.com
A win would be huge for either program as it looks to regroup from a tough 2010.
From the news-journalonline.com
Under that blindfold, the lady holding the scales is either weeping or sleeping.
From the sacbee.com
Quite honestly, I do not think either political party has all the right answers.
From the ocregister.com
Employees seem to prefer working at home in areas where it's either cold or wet.
From the thenewstribune.com
The records show the cracking was either repaired or the damaged parts replaced.
From the usatoday.com
More examples
  • After a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'; "he isn't stupid, but he isn't exactly a genius either"; "I don't know either"; "if you don't order dessert I won't either"
  • Either/or means "one or the other." Its usage, versus the simple or structure, is often for emphatic purposes, sometimes intending to emphasize that only one option is possible, or to emphasize that there are only two options. ...
  • As well; Both, each of two (people or things); One or other of two people or things; Introduces the first of two options, the second of which is introduced by "or"; Each of two. [from 9th c.]; One or the other of two. [from 14th c.]
  • Either as an adjective meaning "each (of two)" is still in common use ("a path lined with large trees on either side"). In either . . . ...
  • The arguments, despite their persuasiveness, conceal a fallacy.
  • We are facing collapse of the very systems that sustain life on the planet, with a terribly small chance of avoiding cataclysm if we manage to fundamentally reshape global society in four years, as climate scientists acting from a precautionary view advise;
  • Ad. one of two, but not the other
  • Independent advisers