unify
verb
uni·fy
ˈyü-nə-ˌfī 
unified; unifying
: to make into a unit or a coherent whole : unite
people unified by a common belief
Examples of unify in a Sentence
The creation of the national railroad system unified the country.
two very different people unified by a common belief
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But the events at Pearl Harbor unified the nation, with hundreds of thousands of people enlisting in military service in the first month after the attack.
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
Yet perhaps the most concerning finding for Syria’s government, which is still trying to unify the country, is that its backing is geographically uneven.
—Salma Al-Shami, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2025
Executives at Paramount Skydance are eager to overhaul the company’s sales efforts, focusing more intently on unifying the infrastructure underlying its streaming assets, part of a larger mission to compete with digital giants such as Amazon, Google and Netflix.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025
What Cathomas perhaps overlooked was that German had unified itself by erasing languages like Romansh.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
Yet perhaps the most concerning finding for Syria’s government, which is still trying to unify the country, is that its backing is geographically uneven.
—Salma Al-Shami, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2025
Executives at Paramount Skydance are eager to overhaul the company’s sales efforts, focusing more intently on unifying the infrastructure underlying its streaming assets, part of a larger mission to compete with digital giants such as Amazon, Google and Netflix.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025
What Cathomas perhaps overlooked was that German had unified itself by erasing languages like Romansh.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unify
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“Unify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unify. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025.
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