In a sentence
Six example sentences with unique, each labelled with its topic.
His guitar tone is unique, and listeners can name the record from two seconds of a bent opening note.
Music
Every zebra carries a unique stripe pattern, so researchers photograph flanks instead of fitting the animals with collars.
Science
The spiral chimney is unique in the city, and tour guides use it to orient visitors who get lost.
Architecture
His release point was unique, so low and quick that defenders who studied the film still could not contest it.
Basketball
Every device is assigned a unique serial number, so a stolen phone can be blocked on any network in the world.
Technology
The cheese has a unique tang that comes from the caves where it ages, and copies made elsewhere never quite match it.
Cooking
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Found in these word lists
Found in 9 published word lists
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- Academic Keyword List (Paquot 2010)Authoritative
- Business English Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- Nursing Word ListAuthoritative
- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
Each source is a published word list that contains unique. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.