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Recent Examples of unilateral
Ironically, the legislative power to create and fund the courts is the same authority that conclusively precludes Trump’s current unilateral attempts to dismantle an array of agencies, including the Department of Education.
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Michael McAuliffe, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
While the president as commander-in-chief has the unilateral authority to defend the country in an emergency, this is quite different from embarking on a long campaign thousands of miles away from the homeland.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
Musk, the face of the Department of Government Efficiency, has been behind unilateral efforts to gut federal agencies.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2025
But such a unilateral approach to industrial policy, where nations act independently to outcompete one another, has potential consequences: escalating subsidies, retaliatory tariffs, and subsequently fractured supply chains.
— Made By History, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
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Michael McAuliffe, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
While the president as commander-in-chief has the unilateral authority to defend the country in an emergency, this is quite different from embarking on a long campaign thousands of miles away from the homeland.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
Musk, the face of the Department of Government Efficiency, has been behind unilateral efforts to gut federal agencies.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2025
But such a unilateral approach to industrial policy, where nations act independently to outcompete one another, has potential consequences: escalating subsidies, retaliatory tariffs, and subsequently fractured supply chains.
— Made By History, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unilateral
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The Mavericks, on the other hand, were more or less a one-man band.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2025
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Antetokounmpo is a one-man siege engine—he’ll pound the paint until the wall breaks.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The deciding set was even more one-sided with Musetti clearly struggling with an injury, even after getting treatment at 0-3 down.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
14 Apr. 2025
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Edwards was dominated and submitted in the fourth round by Sean Brady in a one-sided main event of a London crowd that was short on action.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Its network of over 900 successful professionals is worth over $5.7 billion as of this writing, and the group is quickly gaining notoriety for its significant influence not just on professional but personal growth.—
Kody Boye,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Image Image Image Many volunteers made enormous personal sacrifices to respond to the crisis.—
Declan Walsh,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Well, that and transforming a deeply solitary hobby into something much more communal.—
Leila Herrmann,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2025
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Of Kompany’s eight outfield substitutes on Tuesday, two — Lennart Karl and Jonah Kusi-Asare (both 17) have never played a Bundesliga or European minute for the club, and a third, Jonathan Asp (19) only has a solitary senior minute to his name.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Pathways on Google Cloud simplifies scaling beyond individual Ironwood Pods, allowing for the orchestration of hundreds of thousands of Ironwood chips for next-generation AI computational requirements.—
Maribel Lopez,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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So Deng, Hani and Ma looked at what happens to Newton’s equations as the number of individual particles colliding and ricocheting grows to infinity and their size shrinks to zero.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Blackmon allegedly drove up to 72 miles per hour in 35 mph zones, swerved into oncoming traffic and drove the wrong way on a one-way street throughout the pursuit, according to court documents.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
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The distinction between being clear and being explicit is the difference between driving on a lightly trafficked one-way street versus navigating a busy four-lane highway.—
Liz Guthridge,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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As the rounds of secret voting go on, the public's sole way of keeping up with the process is via smoke coming out of the Sistine Chapel's chimney.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Robyn now remains Kody's sole wife after Christine, Janelle and Meri left him within a span of 14 months.—
Dory Jackson,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The singer-songwriter first announced the single in January 2024 with an audio excerpt posted on Instagram.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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The single reached No. 3 on U.S. Afrobeats Songs and No. 4 on World Digital Song Sales.—
Heran Mamo,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Unilateral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unilateral. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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