How to Use whether or not in a Sentence

whether or not

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• Wondering whether or not open floor plans are still in style?
  — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
• Let the free market decide whether or not a city/sport match makes sense.
  — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
• That assumption no longer holds, whether or not tariffs are here to stay.
  — Barrett Bingley, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
• The question now is whether or not the French trust the country in her hands.
  — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2026
• My question isn’t whether or not Reaves can make this contract worth it by the end.
  — Zach Harper, New York Times, 1 July 2026
• And, moreover, whether or not there is a way back for the pair in south London.
  — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
• They are expected to decide later this year whether or not to take up the case.
  — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
• And market perception is central to whether or not prices drop in the short term.
  — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
• So perhaps the question now isn’t whether or not to get bangs but rather, are micro bangs the way to go?
  — Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
• Here’s everything to know about whether or not that visit took place in real life.
  — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
• That’s enough to call it preexisting, whether or not it was written down anywhere.
  — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 17 July 2026
• Like other pieces in the royal archive, fans had no way of knowing whether or not it had been well preserved.
  — Emma Banks, InStyle, 13 Aug. 2026
• No computer can tell you whether or not any equation has a solution with whole numbers.
  — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
• Conway pointed to how often a mistake like this gets read through a betting lens now, whether or not that’s the right lens.
  — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 23 July 2026
• Images were labeled based on whether or not each woman was diagnosed with breast cancer in the next five years.
  — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 6 Oct. 2026
• There was a little confusion as to whether or not the match was really over, but when the bell rang, fans booed loudly.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
• The question isn’t so much whether or not Kudryavtsev will get his shot in the NHL.
  — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
• However, whether or not the Irish got the right quarterbacks to make that plan work won’t be known until next year.
  — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 1 July 2026
• The wider market is pulling in Mata's direction whether or not his company leads it.
  — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
• At the last hearing, arguments centered on whether or not a state statute was correctly applied.
  — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
• At present, the government seems to be trying to determine whether or not Walter was both.
  — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026
• Identifying which seed packs the most punch in terms of nutrition may depend on whether or not the seeds have their outer shells.
  — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 10 July 2026
• Darren Waller, tight end Canales didn’t shed any light on whether or not Waller will play Friday.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026
• The situation prompted many of you to ask why this was occurring and whether or not a crash was imminent.
  — Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
• This is why a major question in the field is whether or not rocky planet atmospheres can even survive at all around M dwarfs.
  — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 July 2026
• While Dave Portnoy asked whether or not he is considered an influencer.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 July 2026
• Include photos showing any damage and whether or not multiple people are needed to haul the item away.
  — Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026
• But whether or not that confession should legally be used to prosecute him has been widely debated.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
• The primary question should not be whether or not a mushroom is edible, Bell noted.
  — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2026
• Their contretemps followed a back-and-forth in which Bash pressed the secretary on whether or not childhood vaccines cause autism.
  — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2026