as in unprecedented
not known or experienced before
houses selling at unheard-of prices
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Recent Examples of unheard-of
The big picture: The wildfires are the result of an unheard-of combination of factors at this time of year — the worst high wind event in Southern California since 2011, plus some of the driest conditions on record for early January.
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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
Workers wore special hard hats and glare-free goggles, and Strauss insisted on an unheard-of construction feature: a $130,000 safety net.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2025
The Kia Forum was strewn with scannable codes to learn more about the tour’s impact, and the arena provided an unheard-of amount of vegan options, including beloved Angeleno vendors Donut Friend and Monty’s Good Burger.
—Julia MacCary, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
The rate and severity of turbulence is increasing as global temperatures rise, but extreme cases of turbulence remain rare and fatal incidents are all but unheard-of.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
Workers wore special hard hats and glare-free goggles, and Strauss insisted on an unheard-of construction feature: a $130,000 safety net.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2025
The Kia Forum was strewn with scannable codes to learn more about the tour’s impact, and the arena provided an unheard-of amount of vegan options, including beloved Angeleno vendors Donut Friend and Monty’s Good Burger.
—Julia MacCary, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
The rate and severity of turbulence is increasing as global temperatures rise, but extreme cases of turbulence remain rare and fatal incidents are all but unheard-of.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unheard-of
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By threatening to impose economic penalties, Trump aims to compel foreign nations into negotiating agreements to take back individuals facing deportation, significantly increasing the stakes of this unprecedented operation.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Dorit Reiss, a professor at UC Law San Francisco and expert in legal issues on vaccinations, said handing over that process to someone with Kennedy's track record would be unprecedented.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2025
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That effort guides decision-making about the composition of our routine flu shots as well as helps researchers determine when and how to develop novel vaccines against potential pandemic-causing pathogens.—
Lisa Jarvis,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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The limited series is based on the novel Enigma Variations, written by Call Me by Your Name author André Aciman.—
James Factora,
Them,
27 Jan. 2025
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Their release marks just the latest twist in a long, strange road for both extremist leaders.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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Paleontologists have known something strange happened between the end of the Triassic Period and the beginning of the Jurassic for the better part of a century.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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Review your transactions regularly to spot any unfamiliar charges.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Glover was unable to overcome legislative questions about her commitment to upholding Connecticut’s strong reproductive rights laws and complaints that her long experience in the federal courts left her unfamiliar with the state’s courts.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
25 Jan. 2025
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Former White House advisor Steve Bannon has also taken issue with Musk, who Trump tapped to co-lead a new Department of Government Efficiency.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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Alan Taylor,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2025
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