How to Use unilateral in a Sentence

unilateral

adjective
  • Our country is prepared to take unilateral action.
  • For the moves that are unilateral (on one side), do them for that amount of time on each side.
    — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 4 Aug. 2020
  • The unilateral shift raised alarm among the city’s police oversight groups.
    — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
  • The bureau threatened unilateral action in lieu of a basin-wide plan.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Still, even the president does not have unilateral control over the city.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Calls for a bulwark against unilateral action go back more than 30 years.
    — The Editors, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2017
  • Calls for a bulwark against unilateral action go back more than 30 years.
    — The Editors, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2017
  • After a month had passed with no owner found, the man said his wife made a unilateral decision to keep the dog.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Because the problem is so big, unilateral action just won't work.
    — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 16 Nov. 2021
  • That’s not to say a potential return would be met with unilateral fan support.
    — Ryan Young, ajc, 7 Nov. 2017
  • So like all draft prospects, there is no unilateral, consensus opinion.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The White House has also pushed for unilateral action to help renters.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Four of the volunteers are unilateral amputees, while one, like Jesse, has lost both limbs.
    — Rachel Metz, WIRED, 20 Sep. 2006
  • With the reverse lunge, the body is working through full range of motion in a unilateral position.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 1 Sep. 2023
  • But such a unilateral formula has long eluded them.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026
  • In short, 2025 marked the peak of unilateral Trump on the global stage.
    — Ian Bremmer, Time, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Ukraine said the conflict should be frozen along the current front line and has rejected any unilateral pullback of its forces.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The get became a bilateral process rather than a unilateral one.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Single-leg, or unilateral, movements are those performed with the support and power of just one leg.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The key is knowing when to seek consensus and when to make unilateral decisions.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • All those unilateral solutions take their toll.
    — Ross W. Greene, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The problem was that the system was designed in a way where the information flowed in a unilateral way.
    — Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 6 July 2020
  • The court's unilateral action has done little to stem the scrutiny of the justices.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 June 2024
  • The mandate would mean no private deals and no unilateral concessions.
    — Jon Truby, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Talks broke down two weeks ago after Cal State made a unilateral offer of a 5 percent pay raise.
    — USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Perhaps there is a case to be made for further unilateral intervention?
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
  • Saudi Arabia has sought to draw down its forces in Yemen and declared a unilateral ceasefire.
    — The Economist, 18 June 2020
  • Seek compromise with the right, or cut it loose and accept that progress will only be made where Democrats can amass unilateral power?
    — David Roberts, Vox, 12 Nov. 2018
  • This was James Comey's unilateral decision in the weeks leading up to the election.
    — NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
  • The barrage of unilateral presidential actions has not yet let up.
    — Graham G. Dodds, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025

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