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Mutually exclusive

Of or pertaining to a situation involving two or more events or possibilities in which the occurrence of one precludes the occurrence of the other. Both outcomes cannot be true at the same time. For example, the outcome of a single coin toss can result in either heads or tails, but not both.
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