unified

adjective

uni·​fied ˈyü-nə-ˌfīd How to pronounce unified (audio)
: brought together as one
Although police subculture is often treated as a unified and coherent whole, it is, in fact, riven by conflict and contradictions in normative orders.Steve Herbert
For the rebels, loss of these bases was not only tactical but also factional: members of what had been considered a unified ethnic group and the core of the rebel movements in Burma could no longer maintain their group integrity.Curtis N. Thomson
As it is, the fact of a single unified sovereignty ensures that these regions must remain persistently stunted relative to those of central Japan.Jane Jacobs
In fact, our culture is not one unified system but rather consists of competing systems …Thomas McLaughlin

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However, as unified as Democrats (and at least one major Republican donor) have been against NCAA antitrust protection, the caucus has been divided over how best to legislate the future of college athletics, while in the minority. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2025 Yet almost half of martech leaders cite stack complexity and poor data integration as major barriers to realizing value—and key obstacles to achieving a unified identity strategy. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025 It's called unified government. ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025 This is a full-fledged system on a chip (SoC), with the central processor, graphics processing, Neural Engine, and unified memory all on a single silicon die. PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unified

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unified was in 1859

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“Unified.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unified. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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