unprecedented
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Case numbers have shot up at an unprecedented rate.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
The unprecedented sighting forced the closure of all 94 public primary and middle schools.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The goal for the 2030s would be 100 kilowatts—a modest amount of electricity on Earth, but unprecedented for space.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
“We’re seeing the direct translation of AI-generated wealth into housing demand—AI workers are liquidating equity at an unprecedented scale and deploying that capital into the housing market.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
She had gotten to the convention center much later than she’d planned, due to an unprecedented traffic jam on the highway.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
Vocabulary lists containing unprecedented
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