units

noun

plural of unit
as in items

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Recent Examples of units Most went to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, including 15 people staying in standard quarantine units and one in the center's biocontainment unit. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 May 2026 The developers would also pledge $2 million to the city’s Housing Trust Fund, which provides grant funding to affordable housing projects — in line with Port KC policy requiring projects that don’t set aside affordable units to pay $5,000 per unit into the Housing Trust Fund. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026 That two-block development that stretches north to MacArthur Boulevard will feature up to 3,750 residential units, a 250-room hotel, a 200-unit tower for senior living and up to 350,000 square feet of restaurants and shops, as well as a grocery store and 13 acres of park space. — Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
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  1. items
  2. entities
Noun
  • Transporting these items is repetitive and physically demanding work that can take nurses and other employees away from clinical responsibilities.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • From travel dresses to a lightweight sweater, here are 14 items from Quince’s Workwear Edit that would look great on you on your next flight, starting at $20.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of items
Noun
  • The Kingsway Theatre has no association with any other cinema or entities.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The cosmos may be speckled with black hole stars, celestial entities that have the properties of both black holes and stars.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of entities

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“Units.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/units. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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