unit
noun
a single thing or person.
units
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pluralof unit.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Today's leading machine learning systems are built from highly simplified artificial units.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Bonta previously has said his preference would be structural remedies — divesting key business units — rather than “behavioral” compromises that could evaporate soon after the merger closed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
In a nearby truck, dozens of brand new air conditioning units still in their boxes were waiting to be installed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Pentagon has recently spent billions acquiring new drone and counterdrone technology and formed special units to operate it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The building of organs and structures, Lewis concluded, is encoded by master-regulatory “effector” genes that work like autonomous units or subroutines.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
