UNILATERALLY Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

unilaterally

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as in independently

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Recent Examples of unilaterally The organization said some attacks were carried out unilaterally, but most depended on the cooperation or exploitation of institutions in the host country. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 Trump can impose a ban unilaterally thanks to sweeping authorities provided by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act — the same law that provided his initial authority for tariffs since struck down by the Supreme Court. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The president has been publicly furious with the Supreme Court over its decisions against restricting birthright citizenship and his ability to issue tariffs unilaterally. — Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026 France cannot unilaterally grant its industries preferential treatment. — Jonas Nahm, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026 The chief executive of OpenAI, Sam Altman, this week signaled to staff a willingness to unilaterally slow their work on frontier systems. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Legal challenges are likely to arise, as the authority of the IRS to unilaterally redefine racial discrimination and revoke tax-exempt status remains unclear. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026 The issue has also taken on a political and cultural dimension, with critics arguing that the United States cannot unilaterally determine what the lake should be called in Canada. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026 While Warsh doesn't unilaterally set rates, he's poised to urge the Federal Open Market Committee for increases, with financial markets already adjusting to a higher probability of a hike. — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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The key test was performed independently on two nominally identical devices, one at EPFL and one at the Weizmann Institute, using separate experimental setups.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Peak and Pace now has a team of nine contractors who lead its events almost completely independently from its founder.

— Megan Sauer, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of independently

Adverb

The military agreement was announced separately from the eight other summit deliverables listed by China’s Foreign Ministry.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Reuters has separately reported that the administration is seeking a larger role in elections, which are primarily administered by states and localities.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of separately

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And even though most people are individually unlikely to see a major flood — the odds remain elevated as the winter months draw closer.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
There is only the slow accumulation of small deferrals, each one individually rational, until the organization is carrying a liability that no single person can see in full.

— Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of individually

Adverb

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.

— Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Mar. 2026
First, disgorgement was tailored to each individual and not awarded jointly and severally.

— The Insider, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021

Definition of severally

Adverb

Plant singly as an accent or mass in mixed borders and privacy plantings.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 July 2026
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.

— Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 6 May 2026

Definition of singly

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Even as President, Roosevelt did not single-handedly have the power to defy the Neutrality Acts or to upend the nation’s restrictive immigration laws.

— Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
That series single-handedly brought the reality show back from the regular-person doldrums, infusing the whodunit murder-mystery reality show with Housewives and reality TV gamers and one pilot named Pete to make the whole show sing.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of single-handedly

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