How to Use all-or-nothing in a Sentence

all-or-nothing

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  • A little bit of the all-or-nothing from him.
    — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
  • Do not make choices all-or-nothing.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
  • Drop the all-or-nothing mindset.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • That said, an all-or-nothing outcome is the most likely endgame.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • This winter has been an all-or-nothing affair.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Those are stark all-or-nothing stakes, but ones that Cenko can accept.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 June 2026
  • Not everything has to be all-or-nothing.
    — Dr. Rina Koshkina, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The president's an all-or-nothing guy.
    — NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
  • And for a while, that kind of all-or-nothing standard was a positive.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Thankfully, the alerts aren’t all-or-nothing.
    — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2026
  • That’s the beauty of this kind of all-or-nothing decision.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Small, consistent changes tend to add up faster than an all-or-nothing overhaul.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 June 2026
  • Small, consistent changes tend to add up faster than an all-or-nothing overhaul.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2026
  • Mark forms a shaky alliance in an all-or-nothing play, while the team makes a dangerous last stand.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The all-or-nothing trick Goepper threw down said a lot about his goals and the sport itself.
    — ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Funding a 529 is no longer an all-or-nothing bet on college.
    — David Kudla, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Though the goal should be three servings of flavonoid-rich foods daily, your diet is not all-or-nothing.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 23 June 2025
  • How does his all-or-nothing game translate to the Premier League?
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 7 July 2025
  • Nadler does not see the competition as an all-or-nothing battle.
    — Elizabeth MacBride, CNBC, 19 May 2026
  • This season deserves better than all-or-nothing.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Reducing soda intake does not have to be all-or-nothing.
    — Brittany Poulson, Verywell Health, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Reducing soda intake does not have to be all-or-nothing.
    — Brittany Poulson, Verywell Health, 5 Jan. 2026
  • That all-or-nothing approach is leading to loss of talent, knowledge, and trust.
    — Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
  • Being so all-or-nothing predates Postecoglou, but his style compounds it.
    — Mark Carey, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The debate is largely framed as an all-or-nothing proposition.
    — Craig Peters, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
  • That tendency is often made worse by all-or-nothing thinking.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 28 Mar. 2026
  • There’s the middle-aged coach who’s out of his depth, taking an all-or-nothing shot on an unlikely star.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 June 2025
  • Garten’s advice doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing situation.
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Rahman notes that apps do not have to take an all-or-nothing approach to integrity checking.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The Dodgers’ offense has had its own – much milder – dry spells spaced out in an all-or-nothing pattern over the past month.
    — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 14 June 2024

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