unprecedented

adjective as in exceptional, original

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bizarre, extraordinary, fantastic, miraculous, new, remarkable, singular, uncommon, unheard-of, unique, unparalleled, unrivaled, unusual

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aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, eccentric, exotic, freakish, idiosyncratic, marvelous, modern, newfangled, novel, odd, out-of-the-way, outlandish, outre, outré, preternatural, prodigious, signal, sui generis, unexampled

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"He has been able to build an unprecedented network of organisations," Jason Knauf, the new CEO of the Earthshot Prize, said.

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Nobody knows why cramps really happen, but Friday night’s Gardena Serra-Sierra Canyon high school football game took the issue to an unprecedented level.

From Los Angeles Times

In February, New York City Special Agent in Charge James Dennehy told FBI staff “to dig in” and oppose expected and unprecedented political intrusions.

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He said the government shutdown, which began on Tuesday, had afforded him an "unprecedented opportunity".

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The government roundly rejected these theories and the new report was careful to avoid taking sides when it came to the causes of April's unprecedented blackout.

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