How to Use unprecedented in a Sentence

unprecedented

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  • The team has enjoyed unprecedented success this year.
  • An unprecedented number of students are taking the class.
  • This level of growth is unprecedented.
  • What is clear is the size of the spill is unprecedented.
    — Olga Tanas, Bloomberg.com, 11 June 2020
  • And while their speed isn’t unprecedented, the breadth of the work is.
    — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2022
  • This comes on the heels of an unprecedented amount of filming.
    — Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 13 Oct. 2022
  • But the efforts made by the city and its police force to keep the peace were unprecedented.
    — oregonlive.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • That may not sound huge, but the drop is unprecedented.
    — Mene Ukueberuwa, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The scope of the pandemic was unprecedented in the modern era.
    — Shane Shifflett, WSJ, 27 June 2021
  • Here’s a look at the last two years by the numbers and its cost through unprecedented times.
    — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 9 Mar. 2022
  • That was just the beginning of a unprecedented first couple of months on the job.
    — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 8 July 2020
  • This would seem to be truly unprecedented in the history of the sport.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 3 June 2021
  • Many said this type of house arrest was unprecedented and a judge agreed.
    — Morgan Baila, refinery29.com, 8 June 2018
  • The assault on Cathay is unprecedented in its speed and scope.
    — The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019
  • And like the show itself, the response was unprecedented.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021
  • That is not unprecedented for this project; that is the history of this project.
    — Paul Jenkins, Alaska Dispatch News, 20 Oct. 2017
  • But these are unprecedented times for these yachts and their owners.
    — Bob Ortega, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
  • This kind of access is unprecedented in the modern era.
    — Washington Post, 8 July 2021
  • This has led to an unprecedented level of leverage for the worker.
    — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 6 May 2022
  • At noon, the prison alarm sounded three times which was unprecedented.
    — Karl Vick, TIME, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The suspension of a trainer by a race track is not unprecedented.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2021
  • For a team with that horrid of a defense to make the Finals would be unprecedented.
    — Tim Bontemps, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2018
  • Counsell also weighed in on some of the unprecedented changes the game will feature this season.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2020
  • So this likely is going to go down as an unprecedented event as far as the strength of these storms are concerned.
    — ABC News, 12 Dec. 2021
  • With Leach at the helm, the Cougars found unprecedented success.
    — Langston Newsome, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The war has rattled stock markets and pushed gas prices to unprecedented levels.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Now, given the unprecedented events of the past week, her gown has once again become a symbol.
    — Ruby Buddemeyer, Marie Claire, 20 June 2018
  • The tour is unprecedented, and with each of the actresses' looks better than the last, there are two things to note.
    — Blake Newby, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The fact that the last name won’t be a Castro isn’t as unprecedented as it is being billed.
    — Fabiola Santiago, miamiherald, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The case was unprecedented because it was brought about by Daisy – a child conceived of rape.
    — Jenn Selby, refinery29.com, 23 Aug. 2021

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