Whichever
determiner
Any one out of the available options.
You can take whichever seat you like.
Often appears as...
- whichever is greater
- whichever comes first
pronoun
No matter which; any that.
Whichever route you choose, you will find beautiful scenery.
Often appears as...
- whichever way
- whichever option
determiner
Any one out of the available options.
You can take whichever seat you like.
Often appears as...
- whichever is greater
- whichever comes first
pronoun
No matter which; any that.
Whichever route you choose, you will find beautiful scenery.
Often appears as...
- whichever way
- whichever option
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Choice Simplicity
Use 'whichever' to simplify decisions when options are similar in value or appeal.
Choose whichever ice cream flavor makes you happy.
Pro Tip 2/3Equal Options
'Whichever' implies that the speaker truly has no preference between the options.
Pick whichever dress you want; they're both stunning.
Pro Tip 3/3Empowering
The word 'whichever' is empowering, giving others the freedom to choose.
You can paint the room whichever color you wish.
Pro Tip 1/3Choice Simplicity
Use 'whichever' to simplify decisions when options are similar in value or appeal.
Choose whichever ice cream flavor makes you happy.
Pro Tip 2/3Equal Options
'Whichever' implies that the speaker truly has no preference between the options.
Pick whichever dress you want; they're both stunning.
Pro Tip 3/3Empowering
The word 'whichever' is empowering, giving others the freedom to choose.
You can paint the room whichever color you wish.
Pro Tip 1/3Choice Simplicity
Use 'whichever' to simplify decisions when options are similar in value or appeal.
Choose whichever ice cream flavor makes you happy.
Pro Tip 2/3Equal Options
'Whichever' implies that the speaker truly has no preference between the options.
Pick whichever dress you want; they're both stunning.
Pro Tip 3/3Empowering
The word 'whichever' is empowering, giving others the freedom to choose.
You can paint the room whichever color you wish.
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The ethical dilemma of...
even if it means hitting the large object and sacrificing your life, or take the middle ground by hitting the SUV, which has a high passenger safety rating? So what should the self-driving car do? If we were driving that boxed in car in manual mode, whichever way we'd react would be understood as just that,
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Grammar's great divide:...
as for many optional things, probably has something to do with whichever style you were raised on. Your high school teachers favored it? It's likely you're still using it. Your first editor hated it? You probably do, too. And maybe so much hairsplitting over a tiny squiggle on a page is a bit silly.
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Rethinking how we use...
signal to living cells then not only have we built something that can communicate with a bacterium but we will have developed a platform from which you can build artificial cells to communicate with whichever cells you desire from a bacterium to cancer cells to neurons and I think that's a radical
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Are China and the US...
by whichever measure -- PPP, market exchange rates -- the largest economy in the world over the course of the decade ahead. They're already the largest trading nation, already the largest exporting nation, already the largest manufacturing nation,
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Can we stop climate...
But if the scale seems enormous, it is only because of the scale of the problem that we are seeking to solve. It's enormous as well. We can no longer avoid these thorny issues. We face risks whichever way we a world changed by climate change
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Reframing Black History...
like that if there's a thing because you know i i also believe that and this is gonna sound corny but there's there's to everything in life whether it's whichever it's on the yin or the yang there's a spiritual element to
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Why our universe might...
But I don't know if my hypothesis is right. That's how physics A single measurement can put us on the road to a new understanding of the universe or it can send us down a blind alley. But whichever it turns out to be,
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New thinking on the...
in our democracy has not laid the basis for the kind of bold initiative that is really needed. So they're saying the right things and they may -- whichever of them is elected -- may do the right thing,
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How to Raise Successful...
And more importantly, if their childhood has not been lived according to a tyrannical checklist then when they get to college, whichever one it is, well, they'll have gone there on their own volition,
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Mother Hippo Fights to...
jealousy or curiosity whichever it is it's dangerous
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The ethical dilemma of...
even if it means hitting the large object and sacrificing your life, or take the middle ground by hitting the SUV, which has a high passenger safety rating? So what should the self-driving car do? If we were driving that boxed in car in manual mode, whichever way we'd react would be understood as just that,
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Grammar's great divide:...
as for many optional things, probably has something to do with whichever style you were raised on. Your high school teachers favored it? It's likely you're still using it. Your first editor hated it? You probably do, too. And maybe so much hairsplitting over a tiny squiggle on a page is a bit silly.
Video examples
Rethinking how we use...
signal to living cells then not only have we built something that can communicate with a bacterium but we will have developed a platform from which you can build artificial cells to communicate with whichever cells you desire from a bacterium to cancer cells to neurons and I think that's a radical
Video examples
Are China and the US...
by whichever measure -- PPP, market exchange rates -- the largest economy in the world over the course of the decade ahead. They're already the largest trading nation, already the largest exporting nation, already the largest manufacturing nation,
Video examples
Can we stop climate...
But if the scale seems enormous, it is only because of the scale of the problem that we are seeking to solve. It's enormous as well. We can no longer avoid these thorny issues. We face risks whichever way we a world changed by climate change
Video examples
Reframing Black History...
like that if there's a thing because you know i i also believe that and this is gonna sound corny but there's there's to everything in life whether it's whichever it's on the yin or the yang there's a spiritual element to
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Why our universe might...
But I don't know if my hypothesis is right. That's how physics A single measurement can put us on the road to a new understanding of the universe or it can send us down a blind alley. But whichever it turns out to be,
Video examples
New thinking on the...
in our democracy has not laid the basis for the kind of bold initiative that is really needed. So they're saying the right things and they may -- whichever of them is elected -- may do the right thing,
Video examples
How to Raise Successful...
And more importantly, if their childhood has not been lived according to a tyrannical checklist then when they get to college, whichever one it is, well, they'll have gone there on their own volition,
Video examples
Mother Hippo Fights to...
jealousy or curiosity whichever it is it's dangerous
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Finneas
American Musician
I think that's probably the number one reason why collaboration is good. You disagree with each other about things and then what we always say is whichever one of us is more passionate about the issue is the winner because if you care about something enough to fight for it, that means it's probably a good thing.
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Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
The path of progress cuts through the four-way intersection of the moral, medical, religious and political - and whichever way you turn, you are likely to run over someone's deeply held beliefs.
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Theodore Roosevelt
American President
I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.
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Sylvia Plath
American Poet
It is as if my life were magically run by two electric currents: joyous positive and despairing negative - whichever is running at the moment dominates my life, floods it.
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Rhiannon Giddens
American Musician
At some point you have to take responsibility for who you are and where you are and being able to listen to other points of view, whichever side of the tracks you're on.
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Zadie Smith
British Novelist
Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied.
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Lu Guanqiu
Chinese Businessman
I want to use whatever resources in the world we can use, unite whatever force we can unite, ally with whichever partner we can find.
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Wamiqa Gabbi
There is no particular character that I wish to portray. I just want to push myself to do justice to whichever role I am offered.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
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Lili Taylor
American Actress
It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by.
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Finneas
American Musician
I think that's probably the number one reason why collaboration is good. You disagree with each other about things and then what we always say is whichever one of us is more passionate about the issue is the winner because if you care about something enough to fight for it, that means it's probably a good thing.
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Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
The path of progress cuts through the four-way intersection of the moral, medical, religious and political - and whichever way you turn, you are likely to run over someone's deeply held beliefs.
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Theodore Roosevelt
American President
I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.
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Sylvia Plath
American Poet
It is as if my life were magically run by two electric currents: joyous positive and despairing negative - whichever is running at the moment dominates my life, floods it.
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Rhiannon Giddens
American Musician
At some point you have to take responsibility for who you are and where you are and being able to listen to other points of view, whichever side of the tracks you're on.
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Zadie Smith
British Novelist
Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied.
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Lu Guanqiu
Chinese Businessman
I want to use whatever resources in the world we can use, unite whatever force we can unite, ally with whichever partner we can find.
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Wamiqa Gabbi
There is no particular character that I wish to portray. I just want to push myself to do justice to whichever role I am offered.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
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Lili Taylor
American Actress
It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by.
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