How to Use unilateral in a Sentence

unilateral

adjective

• Our country is prepared to take unilateral action.
• For the moves that are unilateral (on one side), do them for that amount of time on each side.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 4 Aug. 2020
• The White House has also pushed for unilateral action to help renters.
  — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
• The bureau threatened unilateral action in lieu of a basin-wide plan.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
• Reuters/Kham Ryan Le Blanc got his first dose of opioids at three months old, after surgery for a unilateral cleft palate.
  — Doug Johnson, Quartz, 3 Nov. 2019
• The fact that these groups pose a common threat to Iran and Pakistan has left many perplexed by Tehran’s choice to take unilateral action.
  — Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2024
• The coalition on Wednesday launched a unilateral cease-fire.
  — Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2022
• The problem was that the system was designed in a way where the information flowed in a unilateral way.
  — Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 6 July 2020
• With the reverse lunge, the body is working through full range of motion in a unilateral position.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 1 Sep. 2023
• This was James Comey's unilateral decision in the weeks leading up to the election.
  — NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
• The court's unilateral action has done little to stem the scrutiny of the justices.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 June 2024
• Both the government and the Taliban have declared unilateral cease-fires to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2018
• Talks broke down two weeks ago after Cal State made a unilateral offer of a 5 percent pay raise.
  — USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
• The new issue: Anaheim plans to build a fire station in the Angel Stadium parking lot, which the Angels say the city has no unilateral right to do.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
• These are just two of many antivirals that could be combined in a unilateral attack on NSP3.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 4 June 2021
• One of the diplomats said it was hoped that the unilateral moves would lead to an agreement among all member states to do more in order to avoid risking damage to the EU’s united front.
  — Iain Rogers, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2022
• Saudi Arabia has sought to draw down its forces in Yemen and declared a unilateral ceasefire.
  — The Economist, 18 June 2020
• Mendez allowed other unilateral changes sought by the state, including prior pay cuts and a change in the schedule to a 56-hour work week, to go forward.
  — Amy S. Rosenberg, Philly.com, 12 Dec. 2017
• Thanks to this bent-over positioning—and the unilateral aspect in which just one side of your body is doing most of the work—you’ll also work your core muscles, too.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 17 Jan. 2024
• Seek compromise with the right, or cut it loose and accept that progress will only be made where Democrats can amass unilateral power?
  — David Roberts, Vox, 12 Nov. 2018
• In recent days, Trump has threatened to take unilateral action if no deal can be reached with Congress.
  — Erica Werner, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2020
• Because the problem is so big, unilateral action just won't work.
  — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 16 Nov. 2021
• Single-leg, or unilateral, movements are those performed with the support and power of just one leg.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 27 Feb. 2018
• Now, Biden and his aides are poised to clear his $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan using the same unilateral process.
  — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2021
• The key turnabout in the region, after all, has come from the fact that Trump decided to make a large, unilateral concession to the North Koreans.
  — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 24 May 2018
• The key is knowing when to seek consensus and when to make unilateral decisions.
  — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
• So Mrs Merkel managed both to resolve the dispute and to avoid unilateral German action.
  — The Economist, 5 July 2018
• That said, the paper did come to a unilateral agreement to support baby bonds and universal pre-K.
  — Libby Watson, The New Republic, 7 July 2020
• 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
• City council member Brandi Gabbard raised concerns over a unilateral 10% tariff on American imports imposed by the Trump administration.
  — Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 3 Apr. 2025