unprecedented

Example Sentences

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“It would be legally unprecedented for a court to rule that any category of faculty and staff faces such a hostile work environment primarily on the basis of student speech.”

From Los Angeles Times

The widespread domestic opposition to this war is completely unprecedented.

From Salon

More than 30,000 people across Canterbury have been contacted by UKHSA, which called the outbreak "particularly large" and "unprecedented in recent years".

From BBC

Wilson, the public defender, described an outpouring of grief and anger in Australia that is "unprecedented, extraordinary and absolutely understandable".

From Barron's

The Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental nonprofit that has pushed for more oversight of Sable’s work, called the use of the DPA “radical and unprecedented.”

From Los Angeles Times