How to Use unilateralism in a Sentence
unilateralism
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This looks like a short-term win for Mr. Trump’s trade unilateralism.
—Greg Ip, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2017
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Through its new unilateralism, the U.S. is getting a bigger say in how the world’s economic pie gets divvied up.
—Greg Ip, WSJ, 19 Jan. 2020
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Her supporters would laud the court for having restrained a woman who, with blithe unilateralism, had attempted to put an ocean between a small boy and one of his mothers.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 22 May 2017
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For all its country-specific fervor, the Olympics is a proudly multilateral event taking place this year in a world that, from Brexit to Trump policies, is awash in a burst of unilateralism.
—USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2018
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Nyabola thinks that the long-term impact of Trump's unilateralism carries two significant risks.
—Luke McGee, CNN, 30 Oct. 2020
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Only new legislation can cure presidential unilateralism and that is not in the offing.
—WSJ, 11 Nov. 2021
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Instead of making Iran look like a diplomacy-loving victim of American unilateralism, Tehran would have to defend its odious Syria policy.
—Mark Dubowitz and Richard Goldberg, WSJ, 18 Apr. 2018
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This slide into unilateralism and protectionism is endangering the global economy and undermining the WTO’s ability to enforce a common set of rules.
—Susana Malcorra, Time, 28 June 2019
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Meaningful action to protect human rights is rare, and the collectivist approach, which disdains unilateralism, keeps forceful sovereign responses at bay.
—Aaron Rhodes, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2020
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Trump’s tendency toward America First unilateralism was bracing to a man schooled in multilateral Cold War alliance-making.
—Jeremy Carl, Washington Examiner, 11 Feb. 2021
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Trump’s instinctive unilateralism, his belief that international institutions cage the U.S. rather than project its power, forced other nations to change their calculations about dealing with Washington.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2020
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French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to be a key voice joining secretary-general Guterres in speaking out against unilateralism and populism, and supporting multilateralism as key to promoting peace.
—Fox News, 25 Sep. 2018
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Based on the band’s ensuing legal battles, unilateralism generally doesn’t promote unit cohesion.
—Tom Maxwell, Longreads, 10 Apr. 2020
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