How to Use unit in a Sentence
unit
noun- Feet and meters are units of length.
- Their army unit guarded the border.
- The search party broke up into smaller units.
- The family is the basic unit of society.
- The dollar is the principal unit of American currency.
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Your body should move as one unit here.
—Jenny McCoy, Outside, 30 Jan. 2026
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The rent for the units are not yet set.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
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The rest of the unit is a bit in flux.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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Floors two through five will each have eight units.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026
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The unit was struggling to stop the run.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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Payton likes the unit more than the rest of us.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
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As of this week, the city has 300 more units planned.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2025
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In just six months, all but one of the 33 units have been filled.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
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Six units are planned for the sixth floor, and four units for the seventh.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026
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The unit is on pace for 20 sacks this season.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2025
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That equates to $496,500 a unit.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
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Banevicius said the unit where the fight broke out was secured.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2026
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The black door to unit 106 was closed but unlocked.
—Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2026
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The new building will have 428 units.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026
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The biggest one was second units.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
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Adama ripped his unit patch, the camo crab, off his shoulder and handed it to me.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
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The 6-pound unit can clean for up to 30 minutes at a time.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 June 2026
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Smith will join a Jets offense that was among the worst units in the league last year.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
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Demand for the iPhone was great and the services unit was strong.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
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Hoekstra said the decision to form the unit was made in the last year.
—Menelaos Hadjicostis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
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That unit was blunt, pin-straight, and waist-length, unlike this multi-toned style.
—Gabi Thorne, Allure, 25 July 2023
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This step marks the start of the installation phase for the unit.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
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But the best linen shirts are not just your personal cooling unit.
—Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2023
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Twelve of the 60 units are set aside as affordable.
—Yunus Emre Tozal, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
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There was no mechanism to charge built into the units.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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