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Recent Examples of unilaterally
What most people forget is that in 2024, Congress passed a law banning the president from unilaterally quitting NATO without a 60-vote Senate majority or a change in the law.
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Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
But legal scholars said any change to the center's name could not be done unilaterally by the board and instead required congressional action.
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Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
If passed, the bill would give the NCAA a limited antitrust exemption, allowing the organization to unilaterally set its own rules.
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Jemele Hill,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
Iran developed the stockpile after Trump in 2018 unilaterally pulled out of the 2015 deal that had put limits on Iran’s nuclear program.
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Lee Keath,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
The forecast document is one that is decided by the full FOMC, meaning Warsh can't make changes unilaterally.
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Steve Liesman,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
Hezbollah rejected all those pacts, including one signed last week that called on it to unilaterally halt operations and withdraw from southern Lebanon.
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Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
In 2024, the bishops unilaterally created a system to assist victims on a case-by-case basis.
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ABC News,
4 June 2026
Advertisement Regardless of the facts, each side views itself as the aggrieved party and the other as the aggressor, sees the stakes as too high to step back unilaterally, and treats restraint as surrender.
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Bruce Sibley,
Time,
29 May 2026
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
But legal scholars said any change to the center's name could not be done unilaterally by the board and instead required congressional action.
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Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
If passed, the bill would give the NCAA a limited antitrust exemption, allowing the organization to unilaterally set its own rules.
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Jemele Hill,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
Iran developed the stockpile after Trump in 2018 unilaterally pulled out of the 2015 deal that had put limits on Iran’s nuclear program.
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Lee Keath,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
The forecast document is one that is decided by the full FOMC, meaning Warsh can't make changes unilaterally.
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Steve Liesman,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
Hezbollah rejected all those pacts, including one signed last week that called on it to unilaterally halt operations and withdraw from southern Lebanon.
—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
In 2024, the bishops unilaterally created a system to assist victims on a case-by-case basis.
—
ABC News,
4 June 2026
Advertisement Regardless of the facts, each side views itself as the aggrieved party and the other as the aggressor, sees the stakes as too high to step back unilaterally, and treats restraint as surrender.
—
Bruce Sibley,
Time,
29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unilaterally
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All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors.
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All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by our editors.
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Silicon Valley Power separately launched a pilot with Emerald AI focused on flexible data center power management and grid integration.
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Ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs tight end's upcoming wedding, Kelce and his fiancée, Taylor Swift, were spotted separately celebrating with their closest friends.
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Unlike standalone projects developed individually, Lightshift is grouping the installations into a larger portfolio.
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As victims are identified, they will be contacted individually, according to a sheriff’s office release.
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Survivors described the shock and destruction following two massive earthquakes that struck Venezuela only minutes apart.
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The old building was falling apart.
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She is popularly conflated with Jodha Bai, who has been rendered severally in art, literature, and cinema, but who may have been fictional rather than historical.
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First, disgorgement was tailored to each individual and not awarded jointly and severally.
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In larger spaces, plant masses of Touch of Gold® Holly as a carpet beneath taller shrubs for a vibrant foundation or set singly as an accent in mixed borders.
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When eggs or embryos are destroyed as the result of commercial egg storage tank failures, lawsuits may follow, singly, as a group, or in a class action.
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Ripley, the only soldier with sufficient demolition experience, single-handedly moved 500 pounds of explosives beneath the bridge over the course of several hours.
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No entity can single-handedly solve the energy affordability crisis.
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For years, the industry was dominated solely by Disney, then Pixar and later Dreamworks Animation.
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Because these worldviews frequently arrive at different conclusions, obviously on the polar opposite of each other, Christians don’t see Pride Nights as solely a political debate, but a theological one as well.
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“Unilaterally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unilaterally. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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