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unilaterally
[ yoo-nuh-lat-er-uh-lee ]
adverb
- involving, done by, or decided by only one person, side, party, or faction:
Instead of bargaining with teachers and public service workers, the governor and the legislature have unilaterally reduced pension and health benefits.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of unilaterally1
Example Sentences
Though any buyer of 23andMe must agree to comply with the company’s privacy policy, that policy can be unilaterally changed at any time, according to Sara Geoghegan, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
While residency requirements for municipal seats are common, Huntington Park’s move to investigate one of its own council members, then remove her unilaterally, is virtually unprecedented, experts say.
"The company would therefore have irrevocably and unilaterally closed down primary steel making at British Steel."
The rarely-invoked clause is vague, though legal experts say the federal government cannot unilaterally revoke a person's green card status.
The president has unilaterally torn up those free trade deals - as well as the one America had with Canada and Mexico, which Trump signed in his first term.
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