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Recent Examples of unilateral
And if the designation became a steppingstone to launching flashy unilateral military strikes on Mexican soil, the battle against fentanyl smuggling would suffer a tremendous setback.
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Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
Presidents don’t have the unilateral authority to abolish agencies created by the legislative branch.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
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That does not seem likely to overcome Mr. Trump’s preference for unilateral action over international engagement in remaking U.S. foreign policy.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Feb. 2025
Despite the breadth of Trump's unilateral actions, congressional oversight seems nakedly absent — a fact that some argue will only embolden Trump.
—Meredith Conroy, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025
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Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
Presidents don’t have the unilateral authority to abolish agencies created by the legislative branch.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
Recommended Why Republicans blasted Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. – and bear-hugged Kash Patel
That does not seem likely to overcome Mr. Trump’s preference for unilateral action over international engagement in remaking U.S. foreign policy.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Feb. 2025
Despite the breadth of Trump's unilateral actions, congressional oversight seems nakedly absent — a fact that some argue will only embolden Trump.
—Meredith Conroy, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unilateral
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Having played as a No 10 away to Sporting CP of Portugal in November’s Champions League game and operated almost as a one-man attack at times when Arsenal were down to 10 men at Wolves last month, Rice is becoming skilled at identifying space and breaking into it.—
Jordan Campbell,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Fresh off his recent Album of the Year win at the 2025 GRAMMYs for his contribution to Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter and a performance at the 2025 NBA All-Star game, the esteemed singer-songwriter has announced this one-man show, No Bandwidth: One Man, One Night, Three Decades of Hits.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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Thursday night, a tie game after the first period turned one-sided in a hurry, as the Seattle Kraken scored four goals in less than six minutes and cruised to a 6-2 win at Climate Pledge Arena.—
Curtis Pashelka,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025
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But the relationship is less one-sided in the movie.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
7 Dec. 2024
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These veteran Presidents demonstrated enormous personal courage.—
Steven Gillon / Made by History,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
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But the group's efforts have also sparked several lawsuits, with consumer advocates and Democratic lawmakers raising alarms earlier this month after DOGE gained access to the Treasury Department's payment system, which stores personal data for most Americans.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2025
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Last fall, Cromwell Valley Park’s critter cam captured a solitary beaver about 1000 yards downstream from that bridge, starting a new dam.—
Carl R. Gold,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2025
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Picture John Wick, but with a solitary 60-year-old Korean lady stacking up the kill count with a sharp blade rather than Keanu with a Glock.—
Kevin Cassidy,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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But, unlike the 2019 outbreak, during which 1,274 individual cases of measles were confirmed in 31 states, this latest outbreak has already caused one death, the first from the disease in the U.S. since 2015.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Finding the correct balance between security and individual rights is a hard task that necessitates considerable consideration.—
Rohan Pinto,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The Houthis have used a range of one-way attack drones and antiship ballistic missiles to attack international shipping in the Red Sea, and have even sent missiles toward Tel Aviv, well over a thousand miles away.—
Raphael S. Cohen,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Feb. 2025
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The chicken houses had giant fans that created one-way air flow through the barns.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
18 Feb. 2025
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The only locksmith at Yosemite National Park in California, the sole EMT ranger at neighboring Devils Postpile National Monument, an experienced sled dog musher in Alaska’s Denali National Park.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC News,
21 Feb. 2025
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But that may not the sole—or even primary—cause of the substance’s downshift in popularity.—
Jessi Roti,
Bon Appétit,
20 Feb. 2025
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Under his leadership, his company has expanded from a single warehouse to six state-of-the-art facilities covering 15,000 square feet.—
Tyler Shepherd,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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One reason is the eye-watering cost of lift tickets: A single day of skiing at Mammoth can cost as much as $219 this season.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Unilateral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unilateral. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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