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Recent Examples of unilateral
Ironically, the legislative power to create and fund the courts is the same authority that conclusively precludes Trump’s current unilateral attempts to dismantle an array of agencies, including the Department of Education.
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Michael McAuliffe, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
While the president as commander-in-chief has the unilateral authority to defend the country in an emergency, this is quite different from embarking on a long campaign thousands of miles away from the homeland.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
Musk, the face of the Department of Government Efficiency, has been behind unilateral efforts to gut federal agencies.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2025
But such a unilateral approach to industrial policy, where nations act independently to outcompete one another, has potential consequences: escalating subsidies, retaliatory tariffs, and subsequently fractured supply chains.
— Made By History, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
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Michael McAuliffe, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
While the president as commander-in-chief has the unilateral authority to defend the country in an emergency, this is quite different from embarking on a long campaign thousands of miles away from the homeland.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
Musk, the face of the Department of Government Efficiency, has been behind unilateral efforts to gut federal agencies.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2025
But such a unilateral approach to industrial policy, where nations act independently to outcompete one another, has potential consequences: escalating subsidies, retaliatory tariffs, and subsequently fractured supply chains.
— Made By History, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unilateral
Adjective
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In many ways, this was a good thing—being a one-man Swiss Army Knife was an effective way to learn a ton of different skills that would eventually help grow my business.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Kiser likes to wear them tight enough that removing them isn’t a one-man job.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Even as sloppy or one-sided as Dawn’s subplots could be, Trachtenberg always transcended the material through her innate chemistry with Gellar.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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Thursday night, a tie game after the first period turned one-sided in a hurry, as the Seattle Kraken scored four goals in less than six minutes and cruised to a 6-2 win at Climate Pledge Arena.—
Curtis Pashelka,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Once data has gone into a public chatbot, there’s very little control over what happens to it, and there have been cases of personal data entered by one user being exposed in responses to other users.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The benefits of using apple cider vinegar for sleep or taking it specifically at night are largely based on personal accounts rather than research.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
7 Apr. 2025
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Of Kompany’s eight outfield substitutes on Tuesday, two — Lennart Karl and Jonah Kusi-Asare (both 17) have never played a Bundesliga or European minute for the club, and a third, Jonathan Asp (19) only has a solitary senior minute to his name.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Well, that and transforming a deeply solitary hobby into something much more communal.—
Leila Herrmann,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2025
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Conservatives typically treasure civic institutions as a storehouse of ancestral wisdom; those on the left have championed universal rights, individual freedoms and the vox populi.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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This comes just a few days after Derrick White overtook Isaiah Thomas for the most individual threes in a season in Celtics’ franchise history.—
Shane Young,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Flights will run once per day on Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, and one-way fares begin at $259.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2025
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This one-way hashing algorithm secures blockchain integrity and prevents tampering.—
Yuval Boger,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The point-foot setup is ideal for precise legged control and agile movements, while the sole configuration mimics humanoid walking for a smoother, more natural gait.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Leopard, the sole novel written by Tomasi, published posthumously, is a considerably autobiographical tale of the decline of a Sicilian aristocratic family amid the Risorgimento.—
Anthony Paletta,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2025
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The singer-songwriter first announced the single in January 2024 with an audio excerpt posted on Instagram.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Without a single source of truth, organizations struggle to make informed decisions, manage costs or build resilience in the face of unpredictability.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Unilateral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unilateral. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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