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• a  having no precedent; novel
  an unprecedented expansion in population and industry

• In See Jane Hit, a new book about girls and violence, psychologist James Garbarino links unprecedented violence among girls the rate of aggravated assault among girls younger .
• They came by assorted routes, but they camein unprecedented numbersto the same conclusion: President Eisenhower's speech was a significant and historic event of the cold.
• Among the "draconian" measures, "unprecedented in peacetime," that Jenkins asked Parliament to pass: outlawing the Irish Republican Army in Britain; curtailment of habeas corpus to .

• precedented

News & Articles

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• What FDR Hated About Glass-Steagall
  President Franklin D. Roosevelt set the standard for the first 100 days in office with an unprecedented whirlwind of legislative activity that sought to make good on his pledge for “action and action now” to combat the Great Depression.
  June 16, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Ben Becker: Networks offering 'unprecedented' coverage of U.S. Open
  The NBC Sports Group is shooting for the flag with what it calls “unprecedented” television coverage dedicated to the 2013 U.S. Open Championship at the Merion Golf Club.
  June 14, 2013 - St. Lucie News Tribune
• Brooklyn Nets' Hiring Of Jason Kidd A Risky Proposition
  The almost unprecedented hiring of Jason Kidd by the Brooklyn Nets to be their next head coach is a high-risk gamble that could pay off or be a colossal failure. Kidd, 40, had ended a 19-year playing career just days earlier finishing it with the New York Knicks.
  June 14, 2013 - Forbes

Quotes

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• Rod Thorn in The Associated Press
  We've never had anything like this in my time that I can remember,New Jersey Nets president Rod Thorn said. "There have been big-time free agents before, but never this many teams that are trying to woo them. So it's unprecedented."
• Barack Obama in The Miami Herald
  At Friday's meeting with congressional leaders, Obama said, "I recognize that there are still some differences around the table" and added, "I think what unifies this group is a recognition that we are experiencing an unprecedented, perhaps,...
• Mahinda Rajapakse in BBC News
  Speaking in Jordan before returning to Sri Lanka, President Rajapaksa said: "My government, with the total commitment of our armed forces, has in an unprecedented humanitarian operation finally defeated the LTTE militarily. I will be going back to a...