unprecedented

Example Sentences

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He called the ruling a “necessary and appropriate response to what is clearly an unprecedented situation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The unprecedented quantity and detail of battlefield data requires changes to how intelligence is collected, analyzed and disseminated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Mythos is the latest generation of Anthropic's Claude family of AI, and a recent leak of some of its code prompted the startup to release a blog post warning it posed unprecedented cybersecurity risks.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The operator's chief executive, Duncan Mackison, said the firm had been facing an "unprecedented scenario" which had now worsened.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

But Hitler’s superior Aryan-race theories were shattered by a young African-American college student named Jesse Owens, who won an unprecedented four gold medals in track events.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti