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
The parlance of ‘messaging’ rather than ‘ideas’ suggests consumers who prefer unanimities of class perspective to fraught exchanges with ‘outsiders’ that risk social discomfort.
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Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
With foreign policy decisions requiring unanimity, EU members have often struggled to speak with one voice on the Middle East.
—Garret Martin, The Conversation, 15 July 2025
The near unanimity came after Trump hosted skeptical lawmakers at the White House to answer their questions, worked the phones overnight and cheered the vote through social media.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 4 July 2025
Subramanian had stressed to the jury the importance of delivering a unanimous verdict, but also said no juror should surrender their beliefs in order to reach unanimity.
—CBS News, 30 June 2025
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Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
With foreign policy decisions requiring unanimity, EU members have often struggled to speak with one voice on the Middle East.
—Garret Martin, The Conversation, 15 July 2025
The near unanimity came after Trump hosted skeptical lawmakers at the White House to answer their questions, worked the phones overnight and cheered the vote through social media.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 4 July 2025
Subramanian had stressed to the jury the importance of delivering a unanimous verdict, but also said no juror should surrender their beliefs in order to reach unanimity.
—CBS News, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unanimity
Noun
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The stock market is still rallying to record highs, the Fed is widely expected to cut rates at its meeting later this month, and the general consensus is that recession risks have all but faded.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Florida will be the consensus pick, but the Gators graduated their three starting guards who were pivotal to winning the title.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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The league and its players are currently in a tense collective bargaining agreement negotiation, as the current deal will expire at the end of this month.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Under a pending agreement with ICE, the Guard's role enforcing immigration laws could expand to providing additional military personnel to be trained by ICE and deputized into assisting with policing immigration.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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Prior to that and in unison with the wider release, Peck will also travel with the film to Washington, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and assist in a virtual Q&A after a screening in Chicago.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Fujiwhara Effect is the interaction of two tropical systems that causes both to dance around each other like a spinning teacup amusement park ride or ballroom dancers moving in unison, AccuWeather said.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Unanimity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanimity. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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