unto
preposition
un·to
ˈən-(ˌ)tü 
1
: to
2
—used as a function word to indicate reference or concern
they became a world unto themselves—
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Since its release, Brat has practically become a way of life, an ethos unto itself.
—Hazlitt, 17 July 2024
When it was formed in 1840, Granville was a town unto itself, with borders that stretched north from Hampton Avenue to County Line Road and west from 27th Street and Range Line Road to 124th Street.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2024
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s enduring style has become a cottage industry unto itself with fans and followers still copying some of her signature looks, and authors like Elizabeth Beller and Sunita Kumar Nair referencing her fashion choices in their books.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 27 June 2024
The twelve years that Julian Assange lived in confinement and detention marked an age unto itself.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
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Hazlitt, 17 July 2024
When it was formed in 1840, Granville was a town unto itself, with borders that stretched north from Hampton Avenue to County Line Road and west from 27th Street and Range Line Road to 124th Street.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2024
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s enduring style has become a cottage industry unto itself with fans and followers still copying some of her signature looks, and authors like Elizabeth Beller and Sunita Kumar Nair referencing her fashion choices in their books.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 27 June 2024
The twelve years that Julian Assange lived in confinement and detention marked an age unto itself.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
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“Unto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unto. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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unto
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