plural entities
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: something that has separate and distinct existence and objective or conceptual reality
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: an organization (such as a business or governmental unit) that has an identity separate from those of its members
Examples of entity in a Sentence
One division of the company was broken off as a separate entity.
the question of whether extrasensory perception will ever be a scientifically recognized entity
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But the entity is not a cartel per se.
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Regina Garcia Cano The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2025
The scientists then placed human embryos donated for research after infertility treatments, as well as primitive embryo-like entities created from stem cells — called embryoids — inside their tiny wombs on chips and peered through a microscope to watch what happened next.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025
This particular building had originally been constructed in 1904 as the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Power Station, a massive entity built to manage the borough’s growing transit.
—Elyssa Goodman, Them., 23 Dec. 2025
The cheapest retatrutide tends to come directly from China, though, sold via nebulous entities without websites.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
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Regina Garcia Cano The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2025
The scientists then placed human embryos donated for research after infertility treatments, as well as primitive embryo-like entities created from stem cells — called embryoids — inside their tiny wombs on chips and peered through a microscope to watch what happened next.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025
This particular building had originally been constructed in 1904 as the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Power Station, a massive entity built to manage the borough’s growing transit.
—Elyssa Goodman, Them., 23 Dec. 2025
The cheapest retatrutide tends to come directly from China, though, sold via nebulous entities without websites.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Entity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entity. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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entity
noun
en·ti·ty
ˈent-ət-ē 
plural entities
: something existing or thought of as existing as a separate and independent thing
Medical Definition
entity
noun
en·ti·ty
ˈen(t)-ət-ē
plural entities
: something (as a disease or condition) that has separate and distinct existence and objective or conceptual reality
whether the common cold is an entity has been debated—Year Book of Medicine
Year Book of MedicineLegal Definition
entity
noun
en·ti·ty
ˈen-ti-tē
plural entities
: an organization (as a business or governmental unit) that has a legal identity which is separate from those of its members see also alter ego, instrumentality, juridical person, legal person, pierce
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