How to Use unanimity in a Sentence

unanimity

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  • But the unanimity in which this case was dispatched was short lived.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 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
  • And as to that, there is unanimity in Washington and in the country.
    — NBC News, 26 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • The fallback for the lack of jury unanimity was a life sentence.
    — Joey Jackson, CNN, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Inside the White House and the Pentagon, there is no unanimity on that point.
    — New York Times, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Not long ago in the Arab world there was a modicum of unanimity on the primacy of the Palestinian cause.
    — Ben Wedeman, CNN, 3 Dec. 2020
  • But there was near unanimity within the commission on the scale of the problem.
    — Bob Kerrey and John C. Danforth, WSJ, 20 June 2021
  • Putin has been playing on the concept of unanimity for years.
    — David A. Andelman, CNN, 16 May 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • But there is no unanimity on how best to go about deterring Russia or what measures to take in the event of an attack on Ukraine.
    — Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The unanimity rule has long stalled the bloc’s decision-making process.
    — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Their goal will be to persuade one juror to vote for a life sentence, as unanimity will be required to sentence Cruz to death.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2021
  • The unanimity of Thursday’s vote will also be a win for the third-year commissioner.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 July 2022
  • In 2021, her office asked the Supreme Court not to retroactively apply the new unanimity standard.
    — Kaylee Tornay, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The deal required unanimity, and the balance between loans and grants shifted over the course of the negotiations.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The spending package in its current form can’t be passed without unanimity among the bloc’s 27 members.
    — Marek Strzelecki, Bloomberg.com, 8 Dec. 2020
  • There is hardly unanimity from outside experts about how to respond to the spread, although most agree it’s time for action.
    — Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The result might be less unanimity around the Fed's decisions, Reinhart said.
    — Christopher Rugaber, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
  • The first season of Ted Lasso was so beloved, the universe simply could not sustain that same level of unanimity for the second season.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2021
  • While most states have encouraged limits on the number of people in a gathering, that's where the unanimity ends.
    — USA Today, 24 Mar. 2020
  • But the requirement for unanimity on allowing debt issuance to fund the EU’s budget payments gave the two holdouts a chance to block the entire package all the same.
    — Nikos Chrysoloras, Bloomberg.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • According to Blackmun's notes, the vote was 6-3 and Rehnquist did not want to impose any rule without unanimity.
    — Joan Biskupic, CNN, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The headline writer was endeavoring to sum up what felt like a unanimity of spirit that day.
    — Bob Greene, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The Chagossians in Crawley present no unanimity of opinion about Chagos and their future.
    — Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022
  • But the fate of the legislation remained in doubt for much of the day in the Senate, where unanimity was needed to expedite the bill’s passage before funding lapsed.
    — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The wall of moms’ intent is unanimity, but calling them allies marks them as separate.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2020
  • There is near unanimity among scientists about the effects of climate change.
    — Star Tribune, 19 Jan. 2021

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