unprecedented
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“We consider this incident to be an unprecedented cyber incident, involving state-of-the-art cyber capabilities,” OpenAI said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Flames engulfed the world's largest tropical rainforest in 2024 when an unprecedented drought triggered the spread of fires, the majority of which were man-made.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Standing in front of the prime minister’s official residence, Burnham said he was acutely aware that the U.K. had been cycling through leaders at an unprecedented rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Uefa, Europe's football governing body, said the decision not to uphold Balogun's ban had "crossed a red line", branding it "unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable".
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Wittingly or unwittingly, they found themselves complicit in the emergence of a penal system unprecedented in world history.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing unprecedented
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