unto
preposition
un·to
ˈən-(ˌ)tü 
1
: to
2
—used as a function word to indicate reference or concern
they became a world unto themselves—
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The influencer exposé is now a true-crime subgenre unto itself, and Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke—a new Hulu docuseries about the Frankes released at the end of February—is not the first public account of this one family’s ordeal.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
After all, forgetting is a failure of the imagination unto itself, and even some of the SEALs who were in Ramadi that day have struggled to remember what the experience was like.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
Not the glorious physical production, which creates a theatrical world unto its own in a manner evocative of an American Beckett.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Each tidy package becomes a steamy world of flavor unto itself—nothing leaving, everything inside subtly transformed—that feels like a gift waiting to be opened.
—Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 26 Feb. 2025
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Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
After all, forgetting is a failure of the imagination unto itself, and even some of the SEALs who were in Ramadi that day have struggled to remember what the experience was like.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
Not the glorious physical production, which creates a theatrical world unto its own in a manner evocative of an American Beckett.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Each tidy package becomes a steamy world of flavor unto itself—nothing leaving, everything inside subtly transformed—that feels like a gift waiting to be opened.
—Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unto
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“Unto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unto. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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unto
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