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While investors may balk at the thought of holding bonds from fiscal basket cases like Chicago or the state of Illinois, Jones says actual defaults are almost unheard-of, since government entities don’t go out of business.—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026 Capital spend is at an unheard-of level.—Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026 Revenue-sharing is not unheard-of in modern college coaching contracts, but Sportico is unaware of any other deal that has donation-sharing.—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2025 Then, in an almost unheard-of reversal, Trump renominated Isaacman last week.—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unheard-of