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unilateral

[yoo-nuh-lat-er-uhl] / ˌyu nəˈlæt ər əl /
ADJECTIVE
concerned with one side
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But with the waiver set to end on Saturday, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar criticised "unilateral coercive measures", without naming any country.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Asked about the latest moves on Tuesday, Guo Jiakun, a spokesman for Beijing's foreign ministry, said that "China firmly opposes illegal unilateral sanctions".

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Altman is expected to make the case to nine jurors that Musk wasn’t only initially supportive of OpenAI’s for-profit conversion but that he also requested unilateral control.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Campa-Najjar argues military force should be a last resort and must be authorized by Congress, while warning against unilateral actions that “escalate conflict without accountability.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

And I can see by the look in her eye that she’s freefalling toward a unilateral decision.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman



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