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unit

[yoo-nit] / ˈju nɪt /




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I want to hear whether unit costs are improving, whether benefits extend beyond the newest facilities and whether efficiency is helping Amazon absorb growth without a matching increase in resources.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

One of the people who campaigned for him was William Arnold, who had spent nearly seven years in state prison before his conviction was dismissed following examination by a Davidson County conviction review unit.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Higher costs at its commercial-jet unit offset strong sales growth at its defense, space and security unit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

As a younger man, Netanyahu served in an Israeli commando unit and fought in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

A thick cloud of humidity has settled in my tiny room, despite the best efforts of my clunky air-conditioning unit.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

But, the office said, the Los Angeles Police Department dedicates additional units during peak periods of congestion in the Lake Hollywood area to conduct traffic and parking enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The ports in September handled a record 1,055,086 containers, measured in 20-foot equivalent units, up 24% on the same month last year, according to ports data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Russia's defence ministry said units from the army's Dnepr group had been conducting "engineering reconnaissance" and clearing main access roads into the village of "explosive and booby-trap devices".

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Restructuring and cost-saving actions by HSBC, which include selling off a series of business units this year, have saved the bank $1.4 billion since 2025, it said Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Natural selection was not operating on organisms but on their units of heredity.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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