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unite

[yoo-nahyt] / juˈnaɪt /


Usage

What are other ways to say unite? The verb unite implies a close joining of two or more things, so as to form one: One unites layers of veneer sheets to form plywood. Join may refer to a connection or association of any degree of closeness, but often implies direct contact: One joins two pieces of wood mortise together at the corner. To connect implies a joining as by a tie, link, or wire: One connects two batteries.

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Because of this mismatch, physicists have spent decades searching for a deeper theory that could unite quantum mechanics and gravity.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

SpaceX, trading at 93 times next year’s estimated earnings, seems hardly the stock to unite both short-term-focused hedge-fund managers and more long-term-oriented mutual-fund managers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

A move to Barca would allow Rodri to join the title winners for the past two seasons and unite with national team compatriots Ferran Torres, Lamine Yamal, Pau Cubarsi and Pedri.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

She thought it would unite the right, but Albertans saw it as a betrayal, and she later called it a “devastating personal failure.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Work needn’t be suffering, it could unite folks.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

It unites NATO's second-largest army, Turkey, with the Islamic world's only nuclear-armed state, Pakistan, and the leading Gulf power in Saudi Arabia.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

McDonald’s latest Happy Meal collaboration unites the anime pirates of One Piece with Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

"Football is a language spoken without words, a force that unites people."

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

What unites the jobs of musician, producer, executive, manager?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

As one popular toast of the day put it, he was “the man who unites all hearts.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

And whatever their differences on policy, Labour MPs are united on one thing.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

The pair were united by a shared concern for the rights of migrants and held each other in great esteem, despite cultural and religious differences.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

Republican and Democratic lawmakers united to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the causes of the attack.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

These three films may differ in their likability, but they’re united in their plainness.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

In 1990, forty-five years after Germany surrendered, East and West Germany were united as one country.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Harald "worked tirelessly throughout his reign to strengthen the ties uniting Norway and France", French President Emmanuel Macron wrote on X, recalling a "warm welcome" on his visit to Oslo in June 2025.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

In those earliest works using magazine transfers, Cowin layered disjunctive images, visually uniting realities that can’t easily be reconciled emotionally.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

But, as it turns out, there is one common thread uniting each of these stars’ personal homes.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

It can be incredibly uniting, but at the same time it sits at the heart of popular culture.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

The basic element, carbon, is one whose atoms have an almost infinite capacity for uniting with each other in chains and rings and various other configurations, and for becoming linked with atoms of other substances.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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