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unit

[yoo-nit] / ˈyu nɪt /




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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on March 4 that the U.S. had killed the head of an Iranian unit behind an alleged plot to assassinate President Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Rakesh sees an “inflection ahead” for co-packaged optics, or CPO — a technology that integrates optical transceivers directly into the same package as a chip, such as a graphics processing unit.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

I rented the largest unit available—10 feet by 30 feet, a veritable mansion of a storage space—and had the entire contents of my house transported there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Those in the vulnerable prisoner unit also experienced a 50% cut in English and maths lessons, it said.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

If the containment layers at unit 2 were destroyed, it would be too dangerous for workers to continue pumping water into units 1 and 3.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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