Unilaterally is an English word with synonyms like bilaterally. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Unilaterally meaning
In a unilateral or one-sided way.
Synonyms of Unilaterally
Using Unilaterally
- The main meaning on this page is: In a unilateral or one-sided way.
- Useful related words include: bilaterally.
- In the example corpus, unilaterally often appears in combinations such as: to unilaterally, can unilaterally, unilaterally withdrew.
Context around Unilaterally
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 14 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Unilaterally
- In this selection, "unilaterally" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, punitive, loans, government, put, cancel and approved stand out and add context to how "unilaterally" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include act government unilaterally abandoned some and and punitive unilaterally imposed sanctions. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "unilaterally" sits close to words such as adolescent, agnes and amp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with unilaterally
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Our commuters will suffer if we will unilaterally put their operations to a stop. (14 words)
Biden’s executive action to forgive student loans unilaterally, without congressional approval, is being challenged in the U.S. Supreme Court, the stated. (23 words)
Just weeks before the 2007 election campaign, Labor’s Kevin Rudd unilaterally decreed that he alone would appoint his ministry, rather than the caucus. (24 words)
Shamkhani was a key player in negotiations with the West over Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, as well as years of tensions that followed then-President Donald Trump's 2018 decision to unilaterally withdraw America from the accord. (41 words)
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Parliament on December 13 that the Chinese troops tried to "unilaterally" change the status quo in the Yangtse area but the Indian Army compelled them to retreat by its firm and resolute response. (39 words)
In relation to community housing, the target set over a decade ago in an MOU between the ACT government and CHC Community Housing, which the ACT government unilaterally abandoned some years ago, would have been 600 over five years. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Merkel said: "Nevertheless, I think it is not right to unilaterally cancel a deal that was agreed, that was unilaterally approved in the U.N. Security Council.
We can unilaterally annex areas in Judea and Samaria, and unilaterally build roads for them, because one of the most aggravating parts of the occupation – which it really is now – is the roadblocks.
At the recent UN General Assembly in September, several Caricom Heads spoke in defence of Venezuela and openly called on the US to end its illegitimate and punitive unilaterally imposed sanctions.
Biden’s executive action to forgive student loans unilaterally, without congressional approval, is being challenged in the U.S. Supreme Court, the stated.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Parliament on December 13 that the Chinese troops tried to "unilaterally" change the status quo in the Yangtse area but the Indian Army compelled them to retreat by its firm and resolute response.
EU-UK relations were strained during former British prime minister Boris Johnson's tenure, after he introduced legislation to unilaterally overhaul the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol he had agreed with the bloc in January 2020.
He was speaking as MPs debated the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, which will give the government the power to unilaterally assert levels of service provision from striking workers in certain sectors.
In affirming the abrogation of Article 370, the Supreme Court ruled that Parliament can unilaterally alter the status of a state to a Union Territory, especially when the state is under President’s rule.
In relation to community housing, the target set over a decade ago in an MOU between the ACT government and CHC Community Housing, which the ACT government unilaterally abandoned some years ago, would have been 600 over five years.
It’s hard to imagine a more egregious dereliction of duty than police deciding unilaterally – albeit with the enthusiastic backing of First Minister Humza Yousaf – to opt out of probing certain crimes.
Just weeks before the 2007 election campaign, Labor’s Kevin Rudd unilaterally decreed that he alone would appoint his ministry, rather than the caucus.
MLB can unilaterally put a player on administrative leave for seven days but needs the players union’s approval for a seven-day extension.
Mr Johnson's proposed legislation allowing the UK to unilaterally abandon parts of the current arrangements that had been negotiated and agreed by the EU had inflamed tensions between Westminster and Brussels, which Mr Sunak is straining to smooth.
One agreement that was unilaterally terminated by President Jimmy Carter upon the establishment of relations with the PRC was the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty.
Our commuters will suffer if we will unilaterally put their operations to a stop.
Rotimi, who insisted that the suspended governorship candidate acted unilaterally, enjoined members of the public to disregard the statement credited to its governorship candidate.
Shamkhani was a key player in negotiations with the West over Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, as well as years of tensions that followed then-President Donald Trump's 2018 decision to unilaterally withdraw America from the accord.
THE Benue State Government says the dissolution of the state local government councils was not done unilaterally as it was based on the order of the State House of Assembly, which has powers to legislate over their affairs.
The Biden administration previously warned Sunak’s predecessors that unilaterally overriding the current agreement would not be “conducive” to a U.K.-U.S. trade deal.
The British government introduced a bill that would let it unilaterally rip up parts of the Brexit agreement, a move the EU called illegal.
Common combinations with unilaterally
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to unilaterally 37×
- can unilaterally 9×
- unilaterally withdrew 9×
- act unilaterally 8×
- trump unilaterally 7×
- unilaterally and 7×
- unilaterally by 6×
- and unilaterally 5×
- unilaterally without 5×
- was unilaterally 4×