How to Use unanimous in a Sentence

unanimous

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  • The judges made a unanimous ruling.
  • Ohtani was a unanimous choice in 2021 and should be again.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • But in those first weeks and months, the praise was by no means unanimous.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The bills passed the Senate in the fall with near unanimous support but are stalled in the House.
    — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2022
  • There is no unanimous choice for which UM player was the best at the game.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2024
  • Wilson was also the AP's unanimous choice for the Player of the Year award.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Ask them if the home comes close to their vision, and there’s a unanimous response: yes.
    — Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 3 July 2024
  • The unanimous wrong pick from last week’s games was Buckeye.
    — Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Approval of 75% of all owners was required, and MLB said the vote was unanimous.
    — Noah Trister, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
  • None of the unions' leaders would say how many members voted, just that the votes were unanimous.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 13 May 2024
  • The move backfired when Chelsie swept the jury, winning in a unanimous 7-0 vote.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The Supreme Court was unanimous in its decision in favor of the agency and the foster moms.
    — Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Review, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Support by farmers for the far right is not at all unanimous.
    — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
  • All were unanimous except the last item, which was approved in a 27-20 vote after Ald.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Cohen urged Olmedo to ask the jury what could be done to come to a unanimous decision on the charges.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2022
  • On June 1, the jury’s unanimous verdict was in favor of all three defamation claims made by Depp; and one for Heard.
    — Time, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The decision was unanimous, but the excitement when the program was first launched was not.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The juries in their first trial could not reach a unanimous verdict.
    — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
  • While Melling, Macaulay, and Howard can all agree on stripes (a unanimous yes), their preferred jeans are different.
    — Megan O'Sullivan, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The jury in the first defendant’s case was unable to reach a unanimous verdict, with 10 voting for not guilty and two for guilty.
    — Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Shohei Ohtani should be the unanimous most valuable player.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • With the shorthanded board, a unanimous vote is required for a prisoner to be paroled.
    — Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 28 July 2023
  • Still, workers’ views on whether to unionize is not unanimous.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This marked the first time in more than two years that an interest rate decision wasn’t unanimous.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
  • But Godfrey said the conundrum is that those seeking Biden’s ouster are not a unanimous group.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2024
  • Sasse, a Republican, was recommended for the top post by a unanimous vote of the trustees in Gainesville.
    — Curt Anderson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Rivera may have the unanimous support of his board and from the departing governor.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The union approved the agreement in an unanimous vote on Wednesday, per The Hollywood Reporter.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2023
  • In the unanimous ruling detailed by Rush, the court found the man was acting in his official role and had not committed any crime.
    — Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Both the proposal and the almost unanimous vote against it made national news, along with the riots that ensued.
    — Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024

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