Examples of unitary in a Sentence
the formation of a unitary state
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A smoke screen to obscure an unprecedented consolidation of power and unitary intimidation and coldly antithetical to any experiment in a constitutional republic governance.
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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
On the other side of the debate, the one that won the day, Alexander Hamilton and James Wilson argued that the unitary executive was necessary to have an executive branch that could act quickly and decisively, especially in times of war.
—Bernard S. Sharfman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Trump’s use of Los Angeles as a testing ground to demonstrate raw presidential power has shown his team just how much a unitary executive can get away with.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Now, however, the Supreme Court is poised to invoke the unitary executive theory to overturn this long-standing rule.
—Steve Woolpert, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
On the other side of the debate, the one that won the day, Alexander Hamilton and James Wilson argued that the unitary executive was necessary to have an executive branch that could act quickly and decisively, especially in times of war.
—Bernard S. Sharfman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Trump’s use of Los Angeles as a testing ground to demonstrate raw presidential power has shown his team just how much a unitary executive can get away with.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Now, however, the Supreme Court is poised to invoke the unitary executive theory to overturn this long-standing rule.
—Steve Woolpert, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
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“Unitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unitary. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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unitary
adjective
uni·tary
ˈyü-nə-ˌter-ē 
1
a
: of or relating to a unit
b
: based on or marked by unity or units
2
: having the character of a unit : whole
Legal Definition
unitary
adjective
uni·tary
ˈyü-nə-ˌter-ē
1
: having the character of a single thing that is a constituent of a whole
specifically
: of, relating to, or being a business with subsidiaries in other states or nations that has its state income tax figured by including the subsidiaries' income, determining the portion of that income attributable to activities within the state, and taxing that percentage
a unitary business operating throughout the U.S.
imposed a unitary tax on a multinational corporation
2
: marked by unity : not dual or segregated : integrated sense 3
a unitary school district
unitariness
noun
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