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Recent Examples of unilaterally
This changed in late 1980 when Jobs was removed from the Lisa project by President Mike Scott, after which Jobs moved to unilaterally take over the Macintosh, which at that time was otherwise considered a largely speculative affair.
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Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
And Congress is unlikely to grant him new tariff powers after the courts just ruled that doing so unilaterally violated the separation of powers.
—Brett Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
To paraphrase the Camp David accords that Washington helped broker between Egypt and Israel in 1978, the Palestinians should have the right to participate in the determination of their own future but not to declare or decide it unilaterally.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2025
Usually a president only deploys the National Guard at invitation or consent of the governor, as federal law restricts the president's ability to deploy them unilaterally.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent reports confirm that next year’s budget will unilaterally slash funding by approximately 22% across all research and 34% for basic research.
—Denis Mandich, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
In the same way, Democrats cannot unilaterally disarm while Republicans arm themselves to the teeth.
—Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
This is also true after Queen unilaterally makes a life-changing decision.
—Diana Arterian
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Trump, however, does not have the power to unilaterally change voting laws.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025
Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
And Congress is unlikely to grant him new tariff powers after the courts just ruled that doing so unilaterally violated the separation of powers.
—Brett Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
To paraphrase the Camp David accords that Washington helped broker between Egypt and Israel in 1978, the Palestinians should have the right to participate in the determination of their own future but not to declare or decide it unilaterally.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2025
Usually a president only deploys the National Guard at invitation or consent of the governor, as federal law restricts the president's ability to deploy them unilaterally.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent reports confirm that next year’s budget will unilaterally slash funding by approximately 22% across all research and 34% for basic research.
—Denis Mandich, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
In the same way, Democrats cannot unilaterally disarm while Republicans arm themselves to the teeth.
—Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
This is also true after Queen unilaterally makes a life-changing decision.
—Diana Arterian
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Trump, however, does not have the power to unilaterally change voting laws.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unilaterally
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Tests were carried out independently by two separate overseas laboratories, with both reaching the same conclusion, according to Navalnaya.—
Anna Chernova,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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PCMag editors select and review products independently.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Sep. 2025
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Instead, tickets will be sold separately with proceeds benefiting the Aztecs’ Student-Athlete Recruitment and Retention Fund for men’s basketball.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, a group of states led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton separately sued Google for anticompetitive and deceptive practices in its ad business.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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To date, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New Mexico and Virginia have individually taken action to expand COVID vaccine access by allowing pharmacists to administer the vaccine under certain circumstances.—
Jaimie Seaton,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
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The clinic considers hair transplantation not only as a technical procedure but as an aesthetic art and evaluates each patient individually.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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What sets Birmingham apart, though, is its ability to innovate without severing ties to those traditions.—
Rai Mincey,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The airline is pursuing a longstanding goal of flying nonstop from Sydney to London – cities about 10,000 miles apart.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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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
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As did the lawsuit before it, the new filing seeks a judgment in excess of $75,000, jointly and severally, against the entities and officials.—
Darcie Moran,
Detroit Free Press,
9 Sep. 2021
Adverb
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Not singly, not a lone fish here and there, but in packs.—
Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
28 Aug. 2025
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Tourism In Central America After decades of Costa Rica singly handily dominating travel in Central America, nascent travel industries in destinations like Guatemala, Panama and Nicaragua are just starting to gain the international spotlight.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The defending Rookie of the Year is already one of the most dynamic players in the league, who is capable of single-handedly taking over a game.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Taylor and Wasserman both said Milwaukee County could not single-handedly solve the entire state's arts funding problem and that responsibility for Milwaukee's ranking lies in the state Legislature.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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It is concerned solely with the here-and-now, preserving the peace for just one more day, and waiting for the CCP to collapse like the imperial dynasties that ruled China before.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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While detailing the first in-person meeting between her and Rodríguez, Pascal spoke about the specific rhetoric that trans actors sometimes come up against, which is that trans actors should connect with trans subjects based solely on identity, rather than the many other aspects of their humanity.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Unilaterally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unilaterally. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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