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unitary

[yoo-ni-ter-ee] / ˈyu nɪˌtɛr i /










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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

They are standing for a mixture of district, metropolitan, unitary and county councils.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Fewer all-purpose unitary councils are expected to save money and be simpler for residents.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 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




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