UNILATERAL Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

unilateral

adjective

Definition of unilateral

as in one-man

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Recent Examples of unilateral Those contracts included clauses calling for international arbitration, which seemed to reduce or remove the risk of unilateral government action. — Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has said any unilateral US action on Mexican soil would be a grave breach of her country’s sovereignty. — Reuters, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 More than 600 organizations urge Congress to block an administration plan to rewrite federal law and to resist the president’s unilateral moves to change historic sites. — Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026 Such a change would be reminiscent of the Republican president’s unilateral action last year by executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unilateral

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Adjective

Because China’s system is tightly controlled, its descent into personalistic one-man rule does not play out in divisive confrontations on television or erratic social media rants by the top leader.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
Palminteri wrote the story and developed it from his one-man stage show.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of one-man

Adjective

The lawsuits, in his eyes, are simply cases of personal misfortune and landlord greed.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026
Meta has pressed ahead with its own personal AI agent, launching its Muse agent in early September, modeled on the open-source AI agent OpenClaw.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of personal

Adjective

After most of the sellout crowd filed out Wednesday, one solitary Sox fan stood at his seat under the press box, shouting obscenities about the Guardians and the city of Cleveland.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
My craft choices here around the music of the sentence and its visual presentation as a solitary line originate from my work in poetry.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of solitary

Adjective

At the new store, stylists will work one-on-one with clients to build wardrobes for work, travel and special occasions, guided by an understanding of individual style and the craftsmanship and versatility of each piece.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Controlling and monitoring individual cells has also illuminated neurological diseases, such as Parkinson's and epilepsy.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of individual

Adjective

Monthly passes will rise 20%, from $10 to $12, while one-way tickets — the prices of which vary by distance — will go up 14%.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Police pursued the pickup, and the driver allegedly drove into oncoming traffic, over sidewalks, and in the wrong direction on one-way streets.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of one-way

Adjective

These varietals are not only tolerant to the high desert environment, but they were also planted with the sole purpose of conserving water and controlling run-off.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Seaver’s dispute with Danny Nozell, Parton’s longtime manager and the sole manager of She’s Alive LLC, first spilled into public view when Nozell sued him last month and sought the restraining order.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of sole

Adjective

At the very top of the market, only 1% of collectors bought a single work priced above $1 million in 2025 and the first half of 2026, and Gen Z accounted for nearly half of them.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
In the first of two nights there Monday, Williams performed for almost exactly two hours without doing a single Paramore song — and what’s remarkable is, nobody cared.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

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