unprecedented

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Unseasonably warm weather patterns, including the unprecedented heatwave in March, have driven rattlesnakes out of their winter retreats in search of food and mates a month ahead of the typical start of rattlesnake season, Taylor said.

From Los Angeles Times

“The current situation is unprecedented and hard to predict, however given the scale and speed of these cost increases, and despite companies’ best efforts not to pass price increases on, it’s clear that food inflation is going to rise in the months ahead,” Liliana Danila, the federation’s Chief Economist said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal

Brent could go as high as $200 a barrel, Haigh said, with a caveat: “I’m guessing at this point…This is unprecedented.”

From The Wall Street Journal

More recently, Iran saw an unprecedented crackdown by the Basij and other security forces on protests that swept across the country in December and January.

From BBC

"It's unprecedented to scale a capital-intensive business so quickly."

From BBC