units

noun

plural of unit
as in items

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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. — 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
  1. items
  2. entities
Noun
  • New items will be released on a monthly cadence, but more edited.
    — Hilary Milnes, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Brian’s Angels provides immediate need items such as toiletries, nonperishable foods and clothing.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • The data center will still pay traditional property tax, as well as the business personal property tax to other taxing entities.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The company has referred more than 200 entities to the FDA, the US Department of Justice, state attorneys general, law enforcement and professional licensing boards.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of entities

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