unprecedented
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The EU's climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest single month ever recorded globally, with ocean temperatures also reaching unprecedented highs as western Europe capped its warmest summer.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
An intentional allusion wouldn’t be unprecedented for the administration.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Budapest's promise of pragmatic co-operation was worth absolutely nothing, he complained, adding that Hungary's "extremely unfriendly step constitutes an unprecedented and ungrounded escalation".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Now, unprecedented heat in the ocean, which causes water to expand, is churning out tides as high as 6.7 feet on Sunday, 7 feet on Monday evening, and a forecast 7.2 feet for Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Supporters of the moratorium effort can be forgiven for being so naïve,” Mauer suggests, “since the prison expansion that was about to take place was unprecedented in human history.”
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing unprecedented
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