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unto

[uhn-too, uhn-tuh] / ˈʌn tu, ˈʌn tə /


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So we did what you’re “supposed” to do in certain socioeconomic spheres after you’ve gotten married and had a kid: We decided we would make our family an island unto itself.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

They have taken unto themselves unprecedented power to do good and ill to the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

After a first-tier tribunal ruled in Ball's favour on 27 August, she said the council was "a law unto themselves" after two new concrete blocks were laid at the rear of her home.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Once you begin looking, sausage-in-dough reveals itself as practically a taxonomy unto itself.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

Even unto the distant day of her wedding.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck


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