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unprecedented

[uhn-pres-i-den-tid] / ʌnˈprɛs ɪˌdɛn tɪd /


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Australian wildlife workers have launched an unprecedented effort to vaccinate wild populations of little penguins against the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

The complaint arrives a year after the 2025 animated musical “KPop Demon Hunters” — which centered on Huntrix, a music trio who hunt demons — reached unprecedented heights, becoming Netflix’s most-watched animated original movie.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Jointly developed with Merck, the therapy would be "unprecedented" in cancer treatment, with custom-made vaccines for specific tumours.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Joseph Schumpeter later predicted that capitalism’s unprecedented success would finance an educated intellectual class increasingly hostile to capitalism itself.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Fostered by an unprecedented media explosion, this “visual background noise” has become so much a part of our daily lives that we take it for granted.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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