Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- pronoun Whatever one or ones.
- adjective Being any one or any number of a group.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Whether one or the other; no matter which.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- preposition Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- determiner Any one or a
number of agroup . - pronoun Any one or a
number of agroup .
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Examples
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Morehouse has a chance to embrace the full spectrum of people who identify as male and of African descent, and see if they can develop a strong character amongst these brothers so that they can lead in whichever community it be.
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The next motion called on Plaid MPs to seek an amendment to the Changing Orders Act 1978, to prevent creditors obtaining a charging order to recover an unsecured loan unless the loan exceeds £30k or 25% of the value of the asset, whichever is greater.
First Motions 2009
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Ship them back whichever is cheapest, don't worry about the change, use it to help cover shipping costs for some of the other guys.
Fly Swap 2009
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Tanya pleads, in whichever bar, office, restaurant or sunbed saloon she's stalked him to, chucking him her trademark satanic glare, turning on a six-inch Roberto Cavalli heel and stropping off.
Grace Dent's TV OD Grace Dent 2010
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Ship them back whichever is cheapest, don't worry about the change, use it to help cover shipping costs for some of the other guys.
Fly Swap 2009
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It looks like you can choose only between the first paragraph or the first 255 characters, whichever is shorter.
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This guidance does not apply to health care settings where the exclusion period should be continued for 7 days from symptom onset or until the resolution of symptoms, whichever is longer.
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Senate bill: Those without insurance would pay either $750 per year per person up to $2,250 per family or two percent of household income, whichever is greater.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on the Chances Courts Would Strike Down the Individual Mandate 2010
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Mortgage Insurance Premium Under the HECM program, borrowers are charged a mortgage insurance premium (MIP), equivalent to 2% of the maximum claim amount, or home price, whichever is less, and a yearly premium afterward equivalent to 0.5% of the loan balance.
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Regardless of what I think of their take on Christianity and their politics, I can only wish them peace and healing in whichever direction Josie leads them in. datingjesus
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