Examples of unionist in a Sentence
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British loyalists and unionists in Northern Ireland typically sided with Israel.
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Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
Women secured the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, displacing the momentum that fueled the suffrage movement; around this same time, the Red Scare saw the arrests and deportations of unionists and immigrants.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
For decades, the unionists have held the greater share of the power here — proudly declaring Northern Ireland’s status as one of the four nations of the United Kingdom, alongside England, Scotland and Wales.
—Amanda Ferguson, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
Victims’ families, human rights organizations and all major political parties in Northern Ireland — both British unionist and Irish nationalist — oppose the law.
—Reuters, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
For now, the territory’s two main political powers — unionists and nationalists — are locked together in the power-sharing arrangement that was laid out in the Good Friday Agreement.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
Some unionists and hard-line Brexit supporters argue that Northern Ireland will still be treated differently to the rest of the U.K. in order to keep the U.K.’s deal with the EU intact.
—Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024
Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly appointed a power-sharing government on Saturday after a two-year hiatus sparked when the main British unionist party walked out in February 2022.
—Jill Lawless The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2024
Many unionists associate Sinn Fein with its I.R.A. history, as do some nationalists and those who do not identify with either group.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
Women secured the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, displacing the momentum that fueled the suffrage movement; around this same time, the Red Scare saw the arrests and deportations of unionists and immigrants.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
For decades, the unionists have held the greater share of the power here — proudly declaring Northern Ireland’s status as one of the four nations of the United Kingdom, alongside England, Scotland and Wales.
—Amanda Ferguson, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
Victims’ families, human rights organizations and all major political parties in Northern Ireland — both British unionist and Irish nationalist — oppose the law.
—Reuters, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
For now, the territory’s two main political powers — unionists and nationalists — are locked together in the power-sharing arrangement that was laid out in the Good Friday Agreement.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
Some unionists and hard-line Brexit supporters argue that Northern Ireland will still be treated differently to the rest of the U.K. in order to keep the U.K.’s deal with the EU intact.
—Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024
Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly appointed a power-sharing government on Saturday after a two-year hiatus sparked when the main British unionist party walked out in February 2022.
—Jill Lawless The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2024
Many unionists associate Sinn Fein with its I.R.A. history, as do some nationalists and those who do not identify with either group.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
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“Unionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unionist. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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