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involving two groups or countries; having or affecting two sides
bilateral trade agreements a bilateral treaty
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Recent Examples of bilateral
At the concurrent Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum, Japan debuted a dedicated Film Frontier section, placing seven Japanese projects across HAF’s strands in a clear signal that Unijapan is pursuing an outward-facing strategy regardless of bilateral headwinds.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Mar. 2026
This is not merely a bilateral border crisis but a layered security contest shaped by cross-border militancy, emerging technologies and competing threat narratives.
—Rabia Akhtar, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
The lineup also includes the SXSW-premiering survival documentary The Ascent, which follows a bilateral amputee attempting to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, as well as the world premiere of The Strawberry, a drama from the Plummer Brothers starring M*A*S*H actor Mike Farrell.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Trump has never appreciated multilateral alliances and organizations, preferring their bilateral counterparts instead.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2026
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Mar. 2026
This is not merely a bilateral border crisis but a layered security contest shaped by cross-border militancy, emerging technologies and competing threat narratives.
—Rabia Akhtar, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
The lineup also includes the SXSW-premiering survival documentary The Ascent, which follows a bilateral amputee attempting to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, as well as the world premiere of The Strawberry, a drama from the Plummer Brothers starring M*A*S*H actor Mike Farrell.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Trump has never appreciated multilateral alliances and organizations, preferring their bilateral counterparts instead.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bilateral
Adjective
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The Toyota’s driver stayed at the scene of the collision and was cooperative in the investigation, police said.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Using the cy-trust model, the cooperative robots were able to assign lower trust scores to suspicious inputs and ignore them over time.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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However unsustainable as a business model, those conditions gave rise to passionate work, and the collective fervor of cast and crew is reflected in the film’s thrillingly intense images.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
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Filmed over thirteen years, Crocodile follows their homemade film collective as creativity becomes a lifeline and a bold act of rewriting their futures.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Every Friday night from May to November, the Legendary Cyphers crew hosts a hip-hop free-for-all in Union Square Park with rappers of all skill levels taking turns freestyling over a communal beat.—
The Editors,
Curbed,
16 Apr. 2026
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Timber rattlesnakes, for instance, have very unique behaviors and an interesting life history with communal denning in the winter and communal breeding.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2026
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Success feels local, personal, reciprocal.—
Samuel Mueller,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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The dialogue can even be reciprocal, Lucia said, with actors contributing suggestions about movement or camera angles.—
Emily Maskell,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
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Report it immediately and be prepared for every move, every smile, every sip of a drink, to be examined for signs that this was, if not consensual, somehow deserved — a gray area of shared responsibility.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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These are not lazy callbacks, but shared touchstones — part of a pop cultural language the film embedded into our collective consciousness, and that the show both celebrates and lovingly skewers.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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Fairfax said the encounters were consensual and refused calls to resign.—
Michael Biesecker,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Combs’ lawyers formally appealed the conviction last December, arguing the encounters were consensual and the trial judge imposed an overly harsh sentence.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Bilateral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bilateral. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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