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unprecedented

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


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Australian wildlife workers have launched an unprecedented effort to vaccinate wild populations of little penguins against the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

The complaint arrives a year after the 2025 animated musical “KPop Demon Hunters” — which centered on Huntrix, a music trio who hunt demons — reached unprecedented heights, becoming Netflix’s most-watched animated original movie.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

On 21 July OpenAI announced some of its AI agents - software systems which can operate alone to accomplish tasks after human instruction - had been involved in what it called an "unprecedented" incident.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Joseph Schumpeter later predicted that capitalism’s unprecedented success would finance an educated intellectual class increasingly hostile to capitalism itself.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Scheduled flights were delayed by hours, security took an unprecedented length of time, the flight itself was terrifying, but on Saturday morning when Aimee woke up, her mother was standing in her bedroom doorway.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin




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