unilateral

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Recent Examples of unilateral Trump's latest remarks come after Putin announced a unilateral three-day ceasefire covering Russia's Victory Day celebrations, marking the anniversary of the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945. David Brennan, ABC News, 11 May 2025 This represents a unilateral termination of the contract between club and player. James McNicholas, New York Times, 16 May 2025 Russia effectively rejected a 30-day unconditional truce; the Kremlin instead declared two short, unilateral ceasefires for holidays in the last two months -– one for 30 hours at Easter and another for 72 hours to coincide with Russia’s World War II Victory Day celebrations. Dasha Litvinova, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025 Unlike his predecessors, Trump emphasizes unilateral economic gains, evident in his leaning to lift AI export curbs for the UAE and decoupling Saudi-Israel normalization from nuclear cooperation. Guney Yildiz, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for unilateral
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Adjective
  • Finn Balor hit a one-man stereo DDT/reverse DDT on Rollins and Zayn.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • His one-man play, Above the Call; Beyond the Duty, opened at the Kennedy Center in Washington in 2008 and played L.A.’s Mark Taper Forum three years later.
    Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • Besides dyspnea, sharp and one-sided chest pain is typical.8 Anaphylaxis is a life-threatening allergic reaction to a trigger (e.g., food, medicine, or insect stings).
    Laura Campedelli, Verywell Health, 5 June 2025
  • Two years after defying expectations in Istanbul — pushing Manchester City hard in a final many had predicted would be the most one-sided in history — Inter, gallingly, in the end found themselves on the wrong end of the most one-sided final ever.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • The deceptive advertisement asks for personal information, including your full name, license plate number, and the last five digits of the vehicle registration number.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
  • Naming a child is deeply personal, especially for the birthing parent, who might be dealing with stress and hormones, among other things.
    Annabelle Canela, Parents, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • Keep a distance from tall, solitary trees or other elevated structures.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2025
  • Well Studio, and distributed by Janus Films and Sideshow Pictures, Flow follows a solitary cat that loses its home following a great flood.
    Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • Tesla dealerships and individual vehicles were vandalized.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 3 June 2025
  • The policy applied to small businesses, commercial and institutional clients, and credit card partners, but did not restrict how individual customers used their cards.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • But what about turning left onto a one-way street during a red light?
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 June 2025
  • Even though Sabalenka broke in the first game and soon led 4-1 — at which point Swiatek was glancing up at her coach, Wim Fissette, in the stands, hoping for some sort of insight that could change things — this was not one-way traffic.
    Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • Amid their imprisonment, the couple's daughter, Savannah Chrisley, had become the sole caretaker of Grayson and Chloe, 12, at just 25 years old.
    Esther Kang, People.com, 28 May 2025
  • Unfortunately this would prove to be their sole win on the weekend.
    Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • With the Kansas City HGTV house, a single person would have to pay approximately $263,000 in income taxes on the house alone, even before income taxes on the cash prize and their own employment income, according to SmartAsset’s income tax calculator.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2025
  • Packages valued at up to $800 can no longer bypass customs duty and instead have been slapped with higher duties and single package flat costs.
    Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025

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“Unilateral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unilateral. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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