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unheard-of

[uhn-hurd-uhv, -ov, -uhv] / ʌnˈhɜrdˌʌv, -ˌɒv, -əv /


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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

From twentieth, she jumped within two weeks to fifteenth, an unheard-of change in such a time.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman




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