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with everyone in agreement- It was a unanimous decision.
unanimous = with everyone in complete agreement
- The chairperson encouraged the committee to come up with a statement they could agree to unanimously.
- Mrs. Dubose lived two doors up the street from us; neighborhood opinion was unanimous that Mrs. Dubose was the meanest old woman who ever lived.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- The bosses were unanimous, however, in voting down Papi's next raise.Junot Diaz -- Drown
- Caribou were becoming scarce to the point of rarity, and wolves were unanimously held to be to blame.Farley Mowat -- Never Cry Wolf
- The shout was unanimous and hearty.Mark Twain -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- "The choice was unanimous," Luke announced.Rick Riordan -- The Lightning Thief
- "Carried unanimously," I repeated, going on with my work.Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
- Since these are criminal proceedings, understand, your verdict—whether guilty or not so—must be a unanimous one.David Guterson -- Snow Falling on Cedars
- Two days ago, the Secretariat Council voted unanimously to revoke the Vatican's sanction of Opus Dei.Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
- In the end, the recommendation from the transplant committee was unanimous.Nicholas Sparks -- The Best of Me
- The unanimous selection was Cabin Gulch.Zane Grey -- The Border Legion
- JUDGE The jury's decision is unanimous.Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- Inherit the Wind
- Sorry, forget all that, I meant mountain falling, the Grand Prix Hindu Crash, awarded unanimously to Sherpa Marcus the Unsteady.Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor
- There was unanimous, automatic, unquestioned agreement...nor did I ever hear the slightest suggestion that we should do otherwise.James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
- To which they unanimously replied, "That they would fight to their last drop of blood."Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
- My friends led me to believe that the people of Nebraska were almost unanimously against me.John F. Kennedy -- Profiles in Courage
- In the Seleznevsky district Sviazhsky was elected unanimously without a ballot, and he gave a dinner that evening.Leo Tolstoy -- Anna Karenina
- The Professor with these words ceased his oration, and I burst forth into loud and "unanimous" applause.Jules Verne -- A Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Six months later, by unanimous agreement, Florentino Ariza was named President of the Board of Directors and General Manager of the company.Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Love in the Time of Cholera
unanimously = with complete agreement
unanimous = agreed upon by everyone
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