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unprecedented

[uhn-pres-i-den-tid] / ʌnˈprɛs ɪˌdɛn tɪd /


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This outbreak was seen as unprecedented because of the number infected in such a short space of time.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

They say much has improved since Green Dot took over the beleaguered campus in 2008, an unprecedented move for the nation’s second-largest school system: It was the first time that L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

An unprecedented 48 teams are participating including four—Haiti, Iran, Ivory Coast and Senegal—under a full or partial travel ban.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The team believes transfer learning could become an important tool for upcoming cosmological surveys, which are expected to collect unprecedented amounts of high-precision data about the universe in the years ahead.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

One hundred thirty-five million people, an audience of unprecedented size, tuned in to watch the spectacle as it unfolded on live television.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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