unilaterally

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unilaterally
Adverb
  • The Tehran Stock Exchange separately rose some 2% on the news.
    Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
  • While chips are exempt from these tariffs, as the administration is expected to cover them separately, their stocks were cast aside in the broader risk-off plunge.
    Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • After missing several games earlier in the season due to non-COVID-19 illnesses, Williamson had another setback with his left hamstring that sidelined him for 27 games, just as the season was falling apart.
    William Guillory, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Ludvig Aberg, a runner-up in his Masters debut a year ago, suddenly had a share of the lead when McIlroy fell apart on the middle of the back nine.
    Time, Time, 14 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Nevertheless, authorities in this area have expressed concern that taxpayers and trusts may be severally penalized for failure to take distributions under rules that are very difficult to understand.
    Alan Gassman, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • First, disgorgement was tailored to each individual and not awarded jointly and severally.
    The Insider, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
Adverb
  • Runners singly crisscross the street in black balaclavas and tight-fitting black tops and black tights and black gloves.
    Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Even inaccurate forecasts helped to quantify how interventions—singly or in combination, immediate or delayed—could change an epidemic’s trajectory.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2015
Adverb
  • Diversify This idea is very similar to freelancing, but takes it a step further: why not diversify your skill set and your revenue streams instead of depending solely on one or even two sources (your job and your freelance business)?
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Ignoring these threats and relying solely on existing norms for protection is not an effective countermeasure.
    Andrew Hanna, Time, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Unilaterally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unilaterally. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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