UNILATERALLY Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

unilaterally

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as in independently

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Recent Examples of unilaterally According to his critics, Gyanesh Kumar, the chief election commissioner, acted unilaterally and recklessly in pursuing the revision of voter rolls in ways that violated normal procedures. — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026 Tariffs can be a legitimate, targeted tool, but sweeping tariffs imposed unilaterally by a president raise costs for families and create uncertainty for farmers and businesses. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 The organization said some attacks were carried out unilaterally, but most depended on the cooperation or exploitation of institutions in the host country. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 Trump can impose a ban unilaterally thanks to sweeping authorities provided by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act — the same law that provided his initial authority for tariffs since struck down by the Supreme Court. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The president has been publicly furious with the Supreme Court over its decisions against restricting birthright citizenship and his ability to issue tariffs unilaterally. — Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026 The chief executive of OpenAI, Sam Altman, this week signaled to staff a willingness to unilaterally slow their work on frontier systems. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Legal challenges are likely to arise, as the authority of the IRS to unilaterally redefine racial discrimination and revoke tax-exempt status remains unclear. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026 The issue has also taken on a political and cultural dimension, with critics arguing that the United States cannot unilaterally determine what the lake should be called in Canada. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

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The president said at the time that her office had been unaware that state officials in Chihuahua and the US government were collaborating independently.

— Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
County commissioners have a responsibility to independently examine the recommendations before committing funds.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of independently

Adverb

Oracle has not separately confirmed the nationwide total in a public statement.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Williams argued that without a viable federal copyright claim, Hugo’s state-law claims involving breach of fiduciary duty and an incomplete accounting should also be dismissed, leaving him free to pursue those claims separately in state court.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of separately

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Working again with the vast Northeastern producer group $$$–almost all of whom are individually credited on, like, every track–Bank$ and his preacher friend talk to God over spare keys and groaning nautical machinery.

— Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
Accommodations are individually decorated in tones of soothing beige, and all have marble bathrooms.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of individually

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Breaking these bonds apart simply reverses the process by breaking apart the peptide bond and a water molecule, and linking their parts.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
What sets SpaceX apart is its ability to launch and maintain its own satellite network using reusable rockets, an advantage that's costly and difficult for competitors to replicate.

— Kevin Simpson, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of apart

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She is popularly conflated with Jodha Bai, who has been rendered severally in art, literature, and cinema, but who may have been fictional rather than historical.

— Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Mar. 2026
First, disgorgement was tailored to each individual and not awarded jointly and severally.

— The Insider, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021

Definition of severally

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Plant singly as an accent or mass in mixed borders and privacy plantings.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 July 2026
When eggs or embryos are destroyed as the result of commercial egg storage tank failures, lawsuits may follow, singly, as a group, or in a class action.

— Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 6 May 2026

Definition of singly

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The brand pulled out all the stops because this futuristic-looking car is bizarrely tasked with single-handedly leading Jaguar’s total automotive rebirth.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026
Kim, who co-founded the festival in 1996 and raised nearly the entire budget for its inaugural edition single-handedly, also secured the abolition of censorship for films screened at that first edition.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

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