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not known or experienced before
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Recent Examples of unprecedented
Six years later, the sixth generation of consoles ushered in unprecedented CD audio sound technology, a far cry from the 64kb of space on SNES cartridges.
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Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2026
Cleveland drafted two quarterbacks last year in Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders, who had an unprecedented fall as a potential top-three pick and went in the fifth round.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
The pace of this campaign is unprecedented, upending most norms of warfare and its old timelines.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
This includes nearly unprecedented access to a variety of news organizations and Hollywood tentpoles.
—Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 6 Mar. 2026
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Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2026
Cleveland drafted two quarterbacks last year in Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders, who had an unprecedented fall as a potential top-three pick and went in the fifth round.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
The pace of this campaign is unprecedented, upending most norms of warfare and its old timelines.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
This includes nearly unprecedented access to a variety of news organizations and Hollywood tentpoles.
—Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprecedented
Adjective
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Of course, the cross-pollination between fashion and design isn’t entirely novel.—
Katherine McGrath,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2026
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Of course, any savvy collector recognizes that Monet’s haystacks and Pollack’s action paintings were once novel outliers, too.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The universe is giving us space to integrate new desires without losing compassion for others.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Steve Carell taught it, and Adam McKay developed an entire new way of doing it with his group, so to get in there and have that happen was just absolutely magical.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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It’s been a strange season in City Section soccer, with six schools removed from the playoffs for using ineligible players, most of whom played for club teams while also playing tor their high school team, in violation of CIF bylaw 600.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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For now, Moltbook remains a strange but revealing glimpse into how AI agents might interact in the future.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Mar. 2026
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What is happening now has taken our city to a place that feels unfamiliar.—
Andrea Levine O’Rourke,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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Texas baseball has spent so much of its time this season steamrolling its opposition that any sense of adversity might have felt unfamiliar.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The backstory Under Canvas made a name for itself during the pandemic thanks to its ability to create upscale camping experiences that provided equal doses of fresh air and community during a time of social distancing.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Mar. 2026
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Elder lawmakers in both parties have faced calls from younger members, either in service or age, to step aside and let fresh talent continue their work on Capitol Hill.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Mar. 2026
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Of the seven Spartans who saw the court, four played the full 40 minutes — an unheard-of stat in this day and age.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
21 Feb. 2026
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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
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When there’s an intervening cloud of neutral matter in the way, for example, the original signal will be partially absorbed at a specific set of wavelengths by that matter.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Mar. 2026
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The original 1935 film that inspired Gyllenhaal’s version also followed that vein.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Unprecedented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprecedented. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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