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Any of four combinations are true? "Both X and BY are A or B" could be wrong?

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Any of four combinations are true? "Both X and B are A or B" could be wrong?

I want to write a sentence to mean that any of the following 4 situations are true.

  1. X = A and Y = A,
  2. X = B and Y = B,
  3. X = A and Y = B,
  4. X = B and Y = A.

The following sentence,

Both are A or B.

means only the first two cases in the list above. In other words,

Both X and Y is A or both X and Y is B.

So, I could write a sentence,

X is A or B and Y is A or B.

Am I right, or is there a better or concise way of writing a sentence for meaning that any of 4 situations are true?

Thank you for any answers.

P.S. Please, edit tags for this question if needed. I am not sure what tags are appropriate for this kind of question.