unilateral

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Recent Examples of unilateral The barrage of unilateral presidential actions has not yet let up. Graham G. Dodds, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025 That’s because recognition is a fundamental rejection of the reality that Israel’s settler right has worked to impose on the conflict—one in which Israel has the unilateral ability to forever foreclose Palestinian sovereignty. Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025 The Rehabilitation Act, however, prohibits the blanket banning of any specific accommodation, such as a unilateral decision about telework across the board, and additional case law and acts, such as The Telework Enhancement Act of 2010, have muddied the legal waters. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025 But their effectiveness now depends less on Washington’s unilateral decisions and more on global coalition-building. Ilona Limonta-Volkova, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unilateral
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Adjective
  • Surrealist and trick filmmaker Georges Méliès was a one-man movie studio in the first days of cinema.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In Mutiny, after witnessing his billionaire boss’ murder and being framed for the crime, Cole Reed (Statham) boards a cargo ship on a one-man crusade to avenge his boss’ death only to discover an international conspiracy.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • What To Know In a video address, Probitkin said UnitedHealthcare has offered solutions that are one-sided and would be detrimental to patients and providers and accused big insurers like UnitedHealthcare of taking advantage of regional and safety net health care providers.
    Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In the musical sphere of the Drake-Lamar competition, Lamar’s 22 Grammy wins (to Drake’s five) and his Emmy for a Super Bowl halftime show that toyed with Drake seemingly make for a one-sided scoreboard.
    Mike Wilson, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Flueger, who has portrayed Adam Ruzek since the series premiered in 2014, is taking the time to deal with a personal matter and plans to return later this season, Entertainment Weekly has learned.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The airport has put out green donation bins accepting nonperishable food and personal care items for unpaid federal airport workers, according to a social media post from Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley.
    Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Set in the early 20th-century Pacific Northwest, the film stars Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier, a solitary railroad worker navigating profound personal loss as the American frontier expands around him.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Mikkel Damsgaard and Fabio Carvalho have scored with their solitary big chances, too.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Only a few months ago Salah was deservedly collecting a stack of individual awards after a remarkable campaign which yielded 57 goal involvements (34 goals, 23 assists) in all competitions.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Shannon was working the former Hinas and Alex hard — trying to make individual connections with each of them.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The fare is $11 round-trip or $6 one-way.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Participants receive a free one-way flight, a $1,000 stipend and forgiveness of prior fines for failure to depart.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In August, the former professional football player filed for sole physical custody of his and Zolciak's children.
    Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Nordi Mukiele and Omar Alderete have both scored their sole big chances, too.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This faux Dunhill Fir is designed to look and feel like a tree plucked straight off the lot, without the single-season lifespan or mess of shedding needles.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • However, Daulton Varsho, who has been another clutch Blue Jays hitter throughout the postseason, smacked a single to center to score Springer to knot the game at one apiece.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Unilateral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unilateral. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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