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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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In 2014, the Top Gun star was forced to cancel his one-man show after losing his voice, Kilmer revealed in the memoir.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The boisterous, flamboyant front man could often be mistaken for the ringleader of a one-man circus.—
Shana Naomi Krochmal,
Vulture,
4 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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Similarly, pausing attacks on energy infrastructure is clearly more advantageous to Russia, as is demilitarizing the Black Sea, given Russia’s dependence on the waterway and the Russian Navy’s extreme – and one-sided – vulnerability to Ukrainian attacks.—
Douglas Schoen,
Orange County Register,
20 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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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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Well, that and transforming a deeply solitary hobby into something much more communal.—
Leila Herrmann,
Vogue,
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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These are some of the individual hallmarks that result from a summer spent soul-searching and a season spent practicing improved habits.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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This summer, as a restricted free agent, new Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell signed him to a two-year deal that includes an NHL one-way contract next season.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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But in years past, agents might have escorted her to the San Diego airport and put her on a one-way flight to Vancouver, experts told USA TODAY.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2025
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Garland has long been fascinated by failures of the human imagination, and the sole purpose of this 93-minute immersion test is to bring the unvarnished truth of what those SEALs experienced in Ramadi closer to home.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
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In January 2024, the man’s father died, leaving Sullivan as his sole caretaker.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 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 22 Apr. 2025.
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