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Recent Examples of unilateral
The governor and all of the city’s district attorneys want the 2020 discovery reforms amended so prosecutors would have unilateral control over the speedy trial clock, leaving them to largely be the judges of whether their efforts to provide evidence to the defense are reasonable.
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
Trump is a hard-line nationalist who pursues power, profit, and unilateral advantage.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Bilateral pneumonia is more problematic and difficult to recover from than unilateral pneumonia or pneumonia in one lobe, especially in an elderly patient with scarring from previous surgeries and bouts of pneumonia.
—Dr. Marc Siegel Fox News, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
And, unilateral action by the U.S. could spark retaliation from other maritime nations.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
Trump is a hard-line nationalist who pursues power, profit, and unilateral advantage.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Bilateral pneumonia is more problematic and difficult to recover from than unilateral pneumonia or pneumonia in one lobe, especially in an elderly patient with scarring from previous surgeries and bouts of pneumonia.
—Dr. Marc Siegel Fox News, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
And, unilateral action by the U.S. could spark retaliation from other maritime nations.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unilateral
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Jean-Noel Soni founded Top Notch in 2009, focusing his one-man business on distinctive cuts for colored gemstones.—
Tanya Dukes,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Directed by The Assassination of Jesse James helmer Andrew Dominik, the film is a visual exploration of Bono’s one-man show by the same name that was inspired by his bestselling memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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Even as sloppy or one-sided as Dawn’s subplots could be, Trachtenberg always transcended the material through her innate chemistry with Gellar.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
26 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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In most cases, passengers are allowed one carry-on and one personal item bag, but some still manage to bring far more than their ticket permits.—
Julie Rousseau,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Mar. 2025
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Create Content That Showcases Your Expertise: Start writing about your industry on LinkedIn, Medium, or personal blogs.—
Maha Abouelenein,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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The path to ethical AI is not a solitary journey for individual companies but a shared effort involving stakeholders from all walks of life.—
Madhava Rao Kunchala,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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The multi-month grind of long, solitary hours and deadlines is also incompatible with the deferred pay model that many crew members working on 20-30-day indie shoots accept.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
4 Mar. 2025
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After weeks filled with moments of individual brilliance from members of the Boise State basketball team, the Broncos finally put it all together on Wednesday night in a season-defining 82-65 win over Utah State at ExtraMile Arena.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Feb. 2025
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The power of strategic communications could come into play for those individual CEOs leading corporate turnarounds — such as Brian Niccol at Starbucks, Kelly Ortberg at Boeing and Gil West at Hertz.—
Eleanor Hawkins,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Frontier Airlines recently began selling hundreds of tickets as low as $19 one-way as part of its 'Hot Destinations' fare sale.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Feb. 2025
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Yes, a case can be made for why Hunter would have more impact as a one-way player.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2025
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The dictator surrounds himself with loyalists whose sole purpose is to serve the dictator, while the citizens receive poor services, if at all, because of their incompetence.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Mar. 2025
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As documented in countless books and the movie Ford v Ferrari, the GT40 was developed with the sole purpose of ending Ferrari‘s dominance of endurance racing.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
3 Mar. 2025
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While the county isn’t seeing immediate growth, Endicott said that there’s 1,752 residential building permits for single family, duplex, triplex and four-plex developments.—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2025
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If this were to happen in reality, the very first thing is that every single government, every single big business would invent an alternative.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
TIME,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Unilateral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unilateral. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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