as in consensus
the state of being of one opinion about something
in a rare moment of unanimity the club members decided to throw a party for themselves
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Recent Examples of unanimity
Agence France-Presse reported last week that EU officials fear Orbán will not budge this time, which, given the unanimity required among members for accession, poses a significant problem for Kyiv, unless he can be defeated in next year's election by Magyar, who backs Ukraine's membership.
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
There is near unanimity in the industry that sooner or later electric vehicles will become more popular than cars with internal combustion engines.
—Jack Ewing, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
If the jury had again failed to reach unanimity, Judge Arguelles would have had the authority to impose a life sentence without parole.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Despite the near unanimity, some of these grants are already in danger of defunding after the latest round of warrior policymaking by the Trump administration and his DOGE unit.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
There is near unanimity in the industry that sooner or later electric vehicles will become more popular than cars with internal combustion engines.
—Jack Ewing, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
If the jury had again failed to reach unanimity, Judge Arguelles would have had the authority to impose a life sentence without parole.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Despite the near unanimity, some of these grants are already in danger of defunding after the latest round of warrior policymaking by the Trump administration and his DOGE unit.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unanimity
Noun
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For now, the consensus seems to be that there will be either one or two rate cuts.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
18 June 2025
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Again, the consensus was that the right call came as the result of a shaky-at-best process.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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Then, last year, Firefly announced an agreement with the Swedish Space Corporation to launch Alpha from Esrange Space Center as soon as 2026.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 June 2025
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The union opted out of the current CBA last October, and now both sides have until Oct. 31 to reach a new agreement to avoid a possible work stoppage.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
27 June 2025
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Even though all the beds are empty, the heart monitors beside them are still beeping, in unison, at seventy-five beats per minute.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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Protesters marched in unison with the hundreds of Cubans who had been arrested, beaten up and censored for protesting openly on the island.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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“Unanimity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanimity. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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