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Recent Examples of units
Most went to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, including 15 people staying in standard quarantine units and one in the center's biocontainment unit.
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 May 2026
The developers would also pledge $2 million to the city’s Housing Trust Fund, which provides grant funding to affordable housing projects — in line with Port KC policy requiring projects that don’t set aside affordable units to pay $5,000 per unit into the Housing Trust Fund.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
That two-block development that stretches north to MacArthur Boulevard will feature up to 3,750 residential units, a 250-room hotel, a 200-unit tower for senior living and up to 350,000 square feet of restaurants and shops, as well as a grocery store and 13 acres of park space.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 May 2026
The developers would also pledge $2 million to the city’s Housing Trust Fund, which provides grant funding to affordable housing projects — in line with Port KC policy requiring projects that don’t set aside affordable units to pay $5,000 per unit into the Housing Trust Fund.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
That two-block development that stretches north to MacArthur Boulevard will feature up to 3,750 residential units, a 250-room hotel, a 200-unit tower for senior living and up to 350,000 square feet of restaurants and shops, as well as a grocery store and 13 acres of park space.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for units
Noun
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Do not approach water bodies, wet objects, or metal items.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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Each puzzle has exactly one solution, so watch out for words or items that seem to belong to multiple categories!—
Mark Cooper,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Hamas has been designated a terrorist organization by a number of countries and entities, including the United States, Britain and the European Union.—
Sana Noor Haq,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
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As data flows and workloads operate dynamically, employees are logging in from airports, coffee shops, other business entities and home offices.—
Morey Haber,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Units.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/units. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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