unique

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

Found in these word lists

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.

More Academic words

• vary
• construct
• aid
• equivalent
• maintained
• attach
• positively
• selection
• lecture
• undergo
• affect
• concentration