How to Use unanimity in a Sentence

unanimity

noun
  • Tonight was the first time some cracks showed in that unanimity.
    — Dara Lind, Vox, 27 June 2019
  • But the unanimity in which this case was dispatched was short lived.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2022
  • So this seems to be a sort of rare moment of unanimity in the House.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Putin has been playing on the concept of unanimity for years.
    — David A. Andelman, CNN, 16 May 2022
  • For the sake of unanimity, some of the language was weakened.
    — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
  • But the lack of unanimity over the exhumation shows that the country has yet to agree on the past.
    — The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019
  • However, this idea was shelved due to lack of unanimity.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • There will never be a unanimity, there will always be an artist missing.
    — Billboard Brazil, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2017
  • The fallback for the lack of jury unanimity was a life sentence.
    — Joey Jackson, CNN, 15 Oct. 2022
  • There will be no unanimity, though, in how the new policy is received.
    — Greg Cote, miamiherald, 23 May 2018
  • Five years ago, Derek Jeter also fell one vote short of unanimity.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • In early votes, there was near unanimity that Schulte was guilty, but one juror held out.
    — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 26 July 2022
  • Because there has been a lack of unanimity in the walk-up shows this year, the race is seen as close and unsettled.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2022
  • As for, Simpson there’s no unanimity about him.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
  • There is a unanimity amongst legal scholars that everyone has a right to due process.
    — Nbc News, NBC news, 8 June 2025
  • Who was involved in that unanimity?
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
  • But there was near unanimity within the commission on the scale of the problem.
    — Bob Kerrey and John C. Danforth, WSJ, 20 June 2021
  • The unanimity rule has long stalled the bloc’s decision-making process.
    — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
  • And as to that, there is unanimity in Washington and in the country.
    — NBC News, 26 Sep. 2021
  • The joint statement was endorsed by group members but fell short of complete unanimity.
    — David Biller, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
  • But unanimity is required to change the coaching rules at Grand Slam events.
    — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2019
  • That kind of unanimity is rare on such a big issue and not likely to come so quickly, if at all, in the House.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • But even among journalists who want to convey that climate change is a crisis, there is not unanimity about how to play it.
    — Marc Tracy, New York Times, 8 July 2019
  • Most people would seem to prefer keeping the clocks the same rather than changing them twice per year, but that’s where that unanimity ends.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
  • But the one thing that seems to be locked in unanimity for the most part is the lack of one consensus player that everyone can agree on.
    — Clyde Verdin, NOLA.com, 29 July 2017
  • The session ended on a note of unity, although not, as the chair noted, unanimity.
    — Seth Masket, Vox, 26 Aug. 2018
  • Pollio, though, wants a 7-0 vote to show unanimity for the important plan.
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 27 May 2022
  • No such unanimity in the service of truth exists at the Capitol today.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 17 June 2022
  • In the second, the strings played with heated unanimity, and the third was lively yet elegant, not too rustic or heavy.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • No one seeks unanimity, and not reaching the same conclusion is OK.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2016

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