UNILATERALLY Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

unilaterally

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as in independently

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Recent Examples of unilaterally In 1986 the United States unilaterally declared that the trust was dissolved. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026 Kyiv has also ended its brief adherence to the energy ceasefire Trump declared unilaterally earlier this month. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 Ukraine's Ministry of Defense sources said SpaceX had unilaterally imposed the Starshield restrictions without informing them beforehand. — Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 The network’s coverage has also not been unilaterally flattering to Israel. — semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026 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 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 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

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Adverb

Be suspicious of unexpected statement links Even when an email looks authentic, use the SSA website independently to access your information.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Police declined to comment or share details of the complaint, and CNN has been unable to independently verify the allegations.

— Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of independently

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The League of Women Voters of Alaska and Common Cause filed separately, warning that the DOJ’s demand to investigate voter intent presents severe constitutional hazards.

— Hugh Son, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
The asking price is 40 million euros or $45 million, with furnishings available separately.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of separately

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Unlike weapons that engage targets individually, microwave systems can potentially counter several drones within an engagement area.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Its sales representatives are individually building personal Gmail scripts, at night, in Google Apps Script, to survive an inbox that the AI-first version of the same company would have automated a year ago.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of individually

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New safety requirements apply What sets the aircraft apart is its enhanced angle-of-attack system, which Boeing plans to introduce across the 737 MAX family.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Viktor Arvidsson and Lucas Raymond scored 59 seconds apart for Detroit (3-3-3), and Alex DeBrincat tied the game on a power play with 17 seconds left in the third.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 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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Charlie Warzel at The Atlantic interviewed Ondřej Surý, the man almost single-handedly responsible for packaging up the patch for this week’s vulnerabilities.

— Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026
As the demands of the Revolution and founding a new country repeatedly pulled John away, Abigail single-handedly kept their household afloat.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Oct. 2026

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