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His jurisprudence relating to the powers of the Presidency under Article II of the Constitution, which vests the executive power in a single chief executive, represents the purest distillation of the unitary executive theory.—Cristian Farias, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025 And some legal scholars say the ruling draws on the unitary executive theory — which, in its most extreme interpretation, gives the president sole authority over the executive branch.—NPR, 23 Mar. 2025 However, according to the BBC, the local council no longer exists, having been replaced by the North Northamptonshire unitary council in April 2021.—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 Now, the Supreme Court hasn't weighed in on the extent of this unitary executive theory.—Robert Costa, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unitary
: having the character of a single thing that is a constituent of a whole
specifically: of, relating to, or being a business with subsidiaries in other states or nations that has its state income tax figured by including the subsidiaries' income, determining the portion of that income attributable to activities within the state, and taxing that percentage
a unitary business operating throughout the U.S.
imposed a unitary tax on a multinational corporation
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