UNILATERAL Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

unilateral

adjective

Definition of unilateral

as in one-man

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Recent Examples of unilateral Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has said any unilateral US action on Mexican soil would be a grave breach of her country’s sovereignty. — Reuters, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 More than 600 organizations urge Congress to block an administration plan to rewrite federal law and to resist the president’s unilateral moves to change historic sites. — Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026 Such a change would be reminiscent of the Republican president’s unilateral action last year by executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 But lawyers who spoke with STAT said the agency’s unilateral decision to revoke coverage without any directive from Congress is perhaps unprecedented. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unilateral

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Adjective

Or, feared that, at any minute, Pat McAfee would invade your screen as part of his one-man takeover of football broadcasting.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
But whatever the one-man pharma lab hopes to accomplish is difficult to say.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of one-man

Adjective

Or maybe they’ve been teased themselves after delivering a complete but one-sided conversation while fully asleep at a slumber party.

— Michael R. Nadorff, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Harbaugh’s words were delivered to a fan base desperate for a reversal of the one-sided rivalry.

— Dan Duggan, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of one-sided

Adjective

Alas, poor Bryan is about to learn the hard way that change — as the saying goes — is as hard to outrun as an ever-growing zombie rat king with 37 different limbs and a weirdly personal vendetta.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
In 1981, Soviet spy Vladimir Kuzichkin offered up critical insider information on Iran’s Tudeh Party to Britain’s MI6 in exchange for discreet assistance with a personal affliction that was at the heart of his marital troubles.

— Mary Lawrence Ware, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of personal

Adjective

This gutsy, solitary woman has dedicated her life to her career.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
For all of their practical applications in the laboratory, a solitary organoid floating in a nutrient broth on a lab bench isn’t a complete human.

— Mike McRae September 17, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of solitary

Adjective

Design From Macro To Micro Before building an AI agent, break the business process into smaller processes and then into individual decisions.

— Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The Ninjas embarked on a treacherous journey, flipping and slashing through data and linking millions of private businesses to the millions of individual taxpayers who owned them.

— Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of individual

Adjective

Per the Tallahassee Democrat, Donna and her husband were about to board a one-way flight to Vietnam, a non-extradition country, with a stop in Dubai, when she was arrested.

— Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
Empty legs are also one-way flights so passengers will need to find an alternate way back home.

— Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of one-way

Adjective

And then there’s Mahomes, whose breakthrough run proved to be his sole highlight for much of the first half.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
All federal, state and/or local income and other taxes, if any, are the redeemer’s sole responsibility.

— Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of sole

Adjective

The rehearsals were intense, with a ton of new choreography and a crash course in how movies are made, since every single one of us in the cast was making our major-film debut.

— Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
While national rankings can offer one way for students and families to compare schools, Niche said, colleges serve different purposes and that students should consider factors beyond a single ranking.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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