How to Use unibody in a Sentence
unibody
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The tablet is made up of an aluminum unibody that weighs 555 g.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2023
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The Microsoft Sculpt, a unibody split keyboard, is designed to do just that.
—Chris Coke, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2023
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Most cars today have a different kind of chassis, called a unibody.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2021
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These include its unibody styling and Multi-Flex tailgate.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2022
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With such high speeds, the design of this boat has many features to protect it such as a high waterproof design and a unibody hull to prevent any cracks and damage.
—Douglas Helm, Popular Mechanics, 3 Aug. 2022
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The burly four-wheeler has a unibody chassis, which means the frame and the body are built as one piece, along with massive 35-inch tires designed to make mincemeat of unforgiving terrain.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2021
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In the intervening years, the plans shifted from the Grand Cherokee's unibody architecture to the Ram 1500's body-on-frame pickup platform.
—Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 21 Oct. 2021
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With its relatively svelte unibody and smallish overall size, the Jeep was the most car-like of the vehicles in this comparison test.
—Martin Padgett Jr., Car and Driver, 2 Aug. 2023
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Will truck buyers—who have had nothing but derision for the clever but homely Honda Ridgeline—be okay with a unibody pickup from Ford?
—Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 5 Oct. 2021
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This truck—and other unibody models like it—is all about being comfortable on the road while maintaining just a dash of off-road ability.
—Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 15 Nov. 2022
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The Maverick may have unibody construction, but with up to 1500 pounds of payload capacity, this isn't a truck in name only.
—Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 17 Jan. 2023
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Adding a pickup to the roster of vehicles built from those parts is pretty close to free money for an automaker that already makes millions of unibody cars, like Hyundai.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2021
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The Pixel 4a opts for a polycarbonate unibody that feels classy and surprisingly nice.
—Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 3 Aug. 2020
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Unlike most modern crossover SUVs, which feature unibody construction, the Grenadier is built body-on-frame.
—Larry Printz, Star Tribune, 11 June 2021
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The laptop will have a unibody metal design, similar to Apple’s MacBook Pro.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 25 Mar. 2021
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Tucked deep inside the mid-sized pickup category sits a subset of truck built via unibody construction, rather than body-on-frame construction.
—Eric Adams, Popular Mechanics, 7 Dec. 2020
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The unibody structure now contains more high-strength steel, there's more aluminum in the upper body, and the rear liftgate is made from a combination of aluminum and composite materials.
—Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 15 Nov. 2021
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The accompanying report says to expect an 11.6-inch display and a metal unibody chassis.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 26 Jan. 2023
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Compared to other unibody crossovers, the Maverick will also offer more traction off-road, or in winter weather, thanks to the availability of a true four-wheel drive powertrain.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 8 June 2021
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Devoted truckers dismissed midsize pickups like the little Subaru Baja, and the unibody Honda Ridgeline is the worst-selling pickup by a wide margin.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2021
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The unibody design, also seen in the Hyundai Santa Cruz, provided a workable balance between size and capability.
—Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 18 July 2023
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On a much larger scale, Tesla’s manufacturing breakthroughs are similar to how Apple switched to a unibody design for its laptops — where the full structure of the product comes from machining one aluminum slab and saves on assembly costs.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 14 Sep. 2023
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Small pickups built on unibody platforms like this Ford C2 architecture have traditionally been poor sellers.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2021
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Like other crossovers that use car-like unibody construction and fully-independent suspension, wheel travel and articulation are limited in comparison to that of any body-on-frame truck or SUV.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 16 Feb. 2023
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