unheard-of
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On Wednesday, Five Below reported nearly 23% same-store sales growth, an unheard-of number for a retailer that is now 23 years old.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
"That's an unheard-of pace of innovation in developing complex structural alloys."
From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026
“Imagine that the tools of chemistry could be used to create entirely new materials with unheard-of properties,” Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, said Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
His thesis at the Navy Academy was in the unheard-of topic of liquid-fuel engines.
From BBC • Aug. 9, 2025
By comparing the C’4 level in bones and wooden implements to the normal level in living tissues, Libby reasoned, scientists should be able to determine the age of these objects with unheard-of precision.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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