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unilaterally

[ yoo-nuh-lat-er-uh-lee ]

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  1. involving, done by, or decided by only one person, side, party, or faction:

    Instead of bargaining with teachers and public service workers, the governor and the legislature have unilaterally reduced pension and health benefits.



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The White House has moved aggressively to wrest control of spending from Congress, unilaterally defunding programmes and entire agencies.

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Huntington Park’s move to investigate one of its own council members, then remove her unilaterally, is virtually unprecedented, experts say.

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The legal action argues that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act that Trump cited to impose tariffs does not grant the president the ability to unilaterally adopt tariffs on goods imported to the U.S.

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"A president can't unilaterally issue stimulus checks, and the ones sent out during his last administration were largely the result of a push from Democrats in the House and Senate," Channel noted.

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Though any buyer of 23andMe must agree to comply with the company’s privacy policy, that policy can be unilaterally changed at any time, according to Sara Geoghegan, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

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