Recent Examples on the WebThe project relies on what legal scholars call the unitary executive theory, which dismisses the idea that there are three separate branches of government for checks and balances, The New York Times reported.—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 9 June 2024 Trump laid bare the risks of the unitary executive, wielding expansive presidential power for personal gain with relative impunity.—Stephen I. Vladeck, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021 The committee was faced with three choices: a unitary state in which the Jews would be dominated, a federated state or confederation, which is what India and Iran and Yugoslavia wanted, or partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states.—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024 Thus, in India, where Hindu nationalists have been demonizing Muslims for years as part of their pursuit of a unitary Hindu state, the focus has been on Hamas’ horrific attacks.—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unitary
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: having the character of a single thing that is a constituent of a whole
specifically: of, relating to, or being a business with subsidiaries in other states or nations that has its state income tax figured by including the subsidiaries' income, determining the portion of that income attributable to activities within the state, and taxing that percentage
a unitary business operating throughout the U.S.
imposed a unitary tax on a multinational corporation
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