How to Use living unit in a Sentence

living unit

noun
  • Their living units have been placed on quarantine, which means there will be no movement in or out for 14 days.
    Mark Dunphy, ExpressNews.com, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Get rid of rules that require every living unit to include parking for cars.
    Justin Klawans, The Week, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The inmate was in an open area of the living unit and began tying a sheet around his neck, investigators said.
    Jacob Beltran, ExpressNews.com, 27 Oct. 2020
  • The glass walls can also be closed with floor-to-ceiling drapes to create a separate living unit indoors.
    Kelsey Kloss, ELLE Decor, 17 May 2016
  • The waiting list is 88 at the home in Sandusky for nursing home residents and 30 for the independent living unit.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2021
  • The living units have to be connected to water, sewer, gas and electric service.
    Devin Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2018
  • The pepper spray caused guards to cough and drifted into the living units, where an inmate’s asthma flared up, according to one report.
    Jason Stein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The facility would feature a one-story building with 24 living units, and a two-story building with 48 units.
    Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2017
  • DeCleene said the facility would have 200 living units.
    Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2018
  • When the pandemic forced restrictions, Mr. Zane was no longer allowed to walk from his independent living unit to visit his wife in the skilled nursing unit.
    New York Times, 4 May 2020
  • But on Wednesday, officials acknowledged said that deputy did, in fact, report to work on April 4, where he was assigned to a living unit at the Detention Center.
    Emilie Eaton, ExpressNews.com, 8 Apr. 2020
  • In later years, the cottage was separated into five living units and, for a time, housed Windsor estate workers, too.
    Vogue, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Meals and medications are also delivered to the living units.
    Christina Maxouris, CNN, 7 May 2020
  • After two tiny warmup gigs last month (and some shaky solo shows from frontman Blake Schwarzenbach in recent years) Jawbreaker thrived as a powerful live unit -- back, and with purpose.
    Chris Payne, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2017
  • In return, renters of co-living units known as Alta by Ollie get the benefits of a new building with dramatic views of the Manhattan skyline and Queens railroad yards.
    Josh Barbanel, WSJ, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Yes, the ordinance does not apply to gatherings within a single household or living unit.
    Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Their model proposal envisions a kind of open scaffolding into which, once the cars are gone, pod-like living units can be inserted.
    Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2019
  • The couple’s idea was to turn the ground level into a separate living unit for Mr. McDonald’s parents and the middle level into the family’s living space and kitchen.
    Heather Knight, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The corrections department says the increase in inmate cases was due to the testing of all residents in an open-dormitory living unit.
    NBC News, 6 May 2020
  • Three years ago, the city commissioned a study to find ways to reduce the percentage of single-family homes on large lots, which make up 77 percent of the city's living units, and traditional apartment buildings.
    John Tuohy, Indianapolis Star, 16 July 2019
  • The boutique hotelier, which specializes in creating hotel space in college towns, will renovate and furnish the living units.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2019
  • According to a feasibility report, the Vet's Village concept would start with a main building, 25 living units and five cabins.
    Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, 18 May 2018
  • Only months before, the owner of a garage living unit in the Southcrest neighborhood in which Lyon had lived for six years had to remodel, forcing him to move into an inexpensive hotel.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The order prohibits all public and private gatherings with people who do not live in the same household or living unit, except for the limited purposes allowed in the Order.
    Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com, 8 May 2020
  • The building would be connected to another four-story building featuring 42 assisted living units on the top three floors.
    Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2018
  • The Hyde Park property includes two structures: the three-story stucco and stone residence on the corner and a shingled building with two living units that was built several years earlier.
    Nancy Sarnoff, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2018
  • The cottage was later separated into five living units and, for a time, housed Windsor estate workers, Vogue reported.
    Fox News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Illinois' stay at home order prohibits all public and private gatherings of any number of people outside a single household or living unit.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Jones has worked as a living unit coordinator with community corrections since April of last year, according to the agency.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2024
  • The incident began when seven youths assaulted staff with pieces of broken furniture and opened an exterior door of their living unit on Friday.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023

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