unilateral

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Recent Examples of unilateral The president lacks the unilateral power to decide how individual states run elections, but his declaration speaks to long-brewing and unfounded claims by some conservatives that the country’s electoral system is insecure and vulnerable to widespread fraud. Drew Shaw, ProPublica, 20 Aug. 2025 One of the Group’s goals is to ensure that employers understand that federal employment discrimination laws cannot be changed by anti-DEI executive orders or unilateral actions by the EEOC’s Acting Chair. Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025 States controlled by Democrats need to respond; unilateral disarmament never makes sense. Erwin Chemerinsky, Twin Cities, 14 Aug. 2025 Typically, weight training is performed bilaterally (using both arms or both legs at the same time), but there are advantages to sprinkling in unilateral exercises. Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unilateral
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unilateral
Adjective
  • Prior to The Paper, Edelman's one-man show, Just for Us, debuted on Broadway in 2023, and it was later made into a comedy special for HBO Max.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Jenkin is almost a one-man crew, as writer, director, cinematographer and editor.
    Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The researchers found consistent concerns about harsh and one-sided language in public reports, inconsistent penalties, and a lack of realistic avenues to appeal.
    Joseph Brazel, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Our unnamed hero’s one-sided correspondence is exhausting, familiar, humiliating, and rewarding all at once.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Even if there is no criminal investigation, the NFL has the authority — in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement — to independently investigate allegations in a civil matter and discipline Hill under the league’s personal conduct policy.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • So yeah, that case was personal.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Keep a distance from tall, solitary trees or other elevated structures.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Writing is a solitary, sedentary, indoor activity while tennis is a social (certainly at those Quebec Street courts), active, outdoor pursuit.
    Thomas Swick September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Solid local population counts are hard to come by, especially for individual Burmese ethnic groups.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The Athletic revealed last Wednesday that Brazilian Luiz Fernando Iubel has joined Liverpool as the club’s new individual development lead coach.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Moscow has effectively closed the door on Europe and bought a one-way ticket to Beijing, without enough leverage to benefit equally from the Chinese engagement, such as by partaking in its high tech or investment.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Brightline hopes to capture around 12 million of the roughly 50 million annual one-way trips between Las Vegas and LA, 85% of which are made by road.
    Ben Jones, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Madrid right-back Dani Carvajal is the sole player on this list who represents a team competing in this season’s competition.
    Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Justin now will train Roman, Milo, and Billie in preparation for the Family Wizard Competition to determine who will emerge as the sole magic wielder of the new generation in the household — while a new evil threat materializes.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Those numbers are rough estimates, because they are based on a single observation.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • At a 12% marginal tax rate, for example, the $6,000 deduction for a single taxpayer who is 65 or older would result in $720 in tax savings.
    Susan Tompor, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Unilateral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unilateral. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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