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[yoo-nit] / ˈju nɪt /




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Workers were digging in a fossil-rich sedimentary rock unit known as the Santiago Formation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

A bit is the smallest unit of data that can be stored.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

It comes as the head of the RAF said the UK faced "unprecedented threats" from adversaries in space, coinciding with the creation of a new RAF unit set up to defend Britain's satellites.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Henry bought the penthouse and the unit below it for $14.85 million in 2010.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Despite the explosion, operators for unit 1 needed to press forward with their efforts to cool the reactor.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

The city is spending $10.6 million to help affordable-housing owners pay their mortgages, improve their properties and keep their rents low, partly so they can maintain a pricing advantage over market-rate units.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Portland’s market rents are expected to rebound as apartment supply tightens again and when that happens, affordable units should get their discount back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

He also points to the large lithium-ion battery units installed alongside many solar farms, drawing a comparison to fires that have occasionally engulfed similar batteries in electric bikes.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Their gear includes high-precision GPS units and tablets connected to an AI system running in real time on servers thousands of kilometres away at the company's California base.

From Barron's

But when the second wave swept through, the operators in the control room for units 1 and 2 lost all power.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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