unitary
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The whole point of having a unitary executive is that someone is in charge.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
In England, providing adult social care is the responsibility of unitary authorities, metropolitan district councils, county councils and London borough councils.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
The five-council model conflicts with the proposal championed by Essex County Council, which had favoured setting up just three unitary councils.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
The reorganisation will see all district and borough councils in Hertfordshire abolished, as well as the county council, and replaced with new unitary authorities that take over all existing services within a given area.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
She had edited it herself and toned down his rhetoric, so that his argument—that only a unitary government could remove the divisions of regionalism—was clearer.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing unitary
Foundations of Government and Citizenship
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5th Grade Government Vocabulary, List 4
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