of one kind/sort/type or another

idiom

—used to indicate that the speaker is referring to a range of items that could fit a description

I need a fastener of one kind/sort/type or another.

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Consider that within a car, such as in the engine, there are likely many wheels of one kind or another. —

Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 Four of the other top 10 occupants of Dashlane’s list of the 20 fastest-growing passkey sites involve e-commerce of one sort or another: eBay, 43.3% growth; Adobe, 42.4%; Coinbase, 39.3%; and Stripe, 32.2%. —

Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 30 July 2024 But every Hong Kong location required a big overhaul of one kind or another. —

Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 June 2024 While most lab tests report results on a scale of one kind or another, those from MRG-Effitas lean toward pass/fail. —

PCMAG, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for of one kind/sort/type or another

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of one's very own

of one kind/sort/type or another

of one mind

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