unified

verb

Definition of unifiednext
past tense of unify
1
as in consolidated
to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control will unify the several departments into a single operation

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2
as in combined
to come together to form a single unit the two labor unions unified in order to strengthen their bargaining position with the manufacturers

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Recent Examples of unified The tech industry, by and large, has been unified in its objection to the ballot measure. — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 While Creed-Miles and Edgar-Jones’s respective Los Angeles premiere looks embraced runway pieces from separate decades, what unified their sister style choices was the romantic energy imbued into each design. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026 There are whispers in France of these protests transforming into another Yellow Vests movement, which was leaderless, nationwide and unified a broad church of grievances. — Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 Services will merge, studios will merge, org structures will be set, the future of CBS News and CNN will be determined, and sports rights will be unified. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 The comment is politically sensitive because the Dominican Republic was once invaded by Haiti, leading to Hispaniola being unified under Haitian rule for 22 years. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 That landscape needed to be replaced in order to give the operators unified visibility across sales, terminal operations, warehouse management and revenue accounting. — Abha Dogra, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 The entire Department is unified behind the Secretary’s vision and will continue working to put our warfighters and America first. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026 Each one of her novels presents a different setting and dynamic, but her oeuvre is unified by careful thought, sharp style, and an uncanny ability to make the pages want to turn. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unified
  1. consolidated
  2. combined
  3. integrated
  4. united
  5. concentrated
  6. fused
  7. merged
Verb
  • What followed was an astonishing period in which almost all British chain bookselling consolidated itself under one man.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The Ogdensburg Declaration of 1940 and the 1941 Hyde Park Declaration consolidated and formalized the strategic economic and military cooperation between the two countries and set the foundations for future collaboration.
    — Stefano Tijerina, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of consolidated
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  • Killer identified The search for answers stretched across decades, combined with false confessions, arrests, convictions and appeals before DNA and ballistics evidence identified serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers in September 2025.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Atwell, Mumpfield and Whittington have combined for only 13 receptions this season.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of combined
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  • Still, around 42% of marketers (linked in the Mediaocean research above) say that getting good quality data (or being able to access it) is a major obstacle, and only 10% have all their ad technology systems fully integrated.
    — Ivan Guzenko, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Beyond that, there are software giants like Adobe and Salesforce that have integrated with Anthropic's Claude assistant.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of integrated
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  • Cybersecurity, older and more diffuse, is united by a culture of cynicism, pragmatism, and dark humor.
    — Harry Booth, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The effort also has the potential to sow division within an industry that has united behind the goal of passing the first-ever federal film incentive.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of united
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  • The measurements revealed electronic states concentrated along the structure’s boundary, where the lattice meets its surroundings.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • With roughly one million Neets in the UK right now, mainly concentrated in the country’s largest cities, entry-level jobs are in-demand.
    — Kristen Parisi, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of concentrated
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  • The big bang flooded the universe with hydrogen and helium, plenty of which fused together within stars to create many heavier elements right up to iron.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Both a special mention and the Public Prize went to Brais Albor Rodriguez (Spain) for a collection that improbably and wittily fused the idea of squirrels—through shearling sourced on Vinted—and cojones.
    — Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of fused
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  • In May 2026, Anthropic disclosed that more than 80% of the code merged into its production codebase was written by Claude, up from single digits when Claude Code launched in February 2025.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The singer’s dress hailed from the Australian brand’s spring 2026 bridal collection, and merged that quintessential bridal feel with red-carpet-ready elements.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
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“Unified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unified. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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