How to Use unilateral in a Sentence

unilateral

adjective

• Our country is prepared to take unilateral action.
• For the moves that are unilateral (on one side), do them for that amount of time on each side.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 4 Aug. 2020
• The White House has also pushed for unilateral action to help renters.
  — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
• The bureau threatened unilateral action in lieu of a basin-wide plan.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
• The fact that these groups pose a common threat to Iran and Pakistan has left many perplexed by Tehran’s choice to take unilateral action.
  — Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2024
• The coalition on Wednesday launched a unilateral cease-fire.
  — Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2022
• The problem was that the system was designed in a way where the information flowed in a unilateral way.
  — Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 6 July 2020
• With the reverse lunge, the body is working through full range of motion in a unilateral position.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 1 Sep. 2023
• This was James Comey's unilateral decision in the weeks leading up to the election.
  — NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
• The court's unilateral action has done little to stem the scrutiny of the justices.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 June 2024
• Talks broke down two weeks ago after Cal State made a unilateral offer of a 5 percent pay raise.
  — USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
• The new issue: Anaheim plans to build a fire station in the Angel Stadium parking lot, which the Angels say the city has no unilateral right to do.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
• These are just two of many antivirals that could be combined in a unilateral attack on NSP3.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 4 June 2021
• One of the diplomats said it was hoped that the unilateral moves would lead to an agreement among all member states to do more in order to avoid risking damage to the EU’s united front.
  — Iain Rogers, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2022
• Saudi Arabia has sought to draw down its forces in Yemen and declared a unilateral ceasefire.
  — The Economist, 18 June 2020
• Thanks to this bent-over positioning—and the unilateral aspect in which just one side of your body is doing most of the work—you’ll also work your core muscles, too.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 17 Jan. 2024
• In recent days, Trump has threatened to take unilateral action if no deal can be reached with Congress.
  — Erica Werner, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2020
• Because the problem is so big, unilateral action just won't work.
  — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 16 Nov. 2021
• Now, Biden and his aides are poised to clear his $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan using the same unilateral process.
  — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2021
• That said, the paper did come to a unilateral agreement to support baby bonds and universal pre-K.
  — Libby Watson, The New Republic, 7 July 2020
• The good news: Walking lunges are a unilateral exercise.
  — Women's Health, 25 Mar. 2023
• The get became a bilateral process rather than a unilateral one.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
• This made a lot of sense, since running—the activity that has been giving me the most pain—features lots of unilateral engagement.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
• The other was a 55-year-old male with a 25-year-old unilateral, above-elbow amputation.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2023
• Francis warned from the outset against a unilateral effort.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• This will require the warring parties and their allies to take unilateral steps that convey their intentions to the other side.
  — Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2024
• If states cannot come up with a voluntary plan, Touton has said the federal government will step in and make unilateral cuts.
  — Ella Nilsen, CNN, 5 Oct. 2022
• By the same token, a strike is consistently described as a unilateral action threatened by the union.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• But no president should have to—or want to—make a unilateral decision to use nuclear weapons when there is sufficient time for consultation.
  — Anthony Lake, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2024
• No president should have to—or want to—make a unilateral decision to use nuclear weapons when there is sufficient time for consultation.
  — Anthony Lake, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024