living unit

noun

: an apartment or house for use by one family

Examples of living unit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Officials placed a Minnesota prison on an emergency lockdown Sunday after about 100 inmates in one living unit refused to return to their cells, according to the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC). Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023 Get rid of rules that require every living unit to include parking for cars. Justin Klawans, The Week, 26 Aug. 2023 The incident began when seven youths assaulted staff with pieces of broken furniture and opened an exterior door of their living unit on Friday. Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023 Rezoned in 2019, the Collin Creek Mall redevelopment will culminate in 1.3 million square feet of office space, 300,00 square feet of retail, 200 hotel guest rooms, around 6.5 acres of park space, 2,300 multi-family units, 500 single-family units and 300 independent-living units. Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023 The cottage was later separated into five living units and, for a time, housed Windsor estate workers, Vogue reported. Fox News, 3 Mar. 2023 In later years, the cottage was separated into five living units and, for a time, housed Windsor estate workers, too. Vogue, 2 Mar. 2023 Many of us live in homes that were built a few decades ago, which means the electrical panels were most likely not designed to support a second, fully functioning living unit, says Caitlin Bigelow, CEO and cofounder of Maxable, a leading provider of resources for building ADUs. Mia Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2021 Deerfield Correctional Center, which is located in Capron, 69 miles south of Richmond, has an assisted-living unit and infirmary and holds many of the state prison system’s older and medically impaired offenders. Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of living unit was circa 1937

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“Living unit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/living%20unit. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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