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Common collocations with unprecedented in American Collocation

unprecedented adjective

US /ʌnˈpresɪdentəd/

almost

almost
virtually

This season will see a level of competition almost unprecedented in recent years.

completely

absolutely
completely
quite
totally
truly

The next century was to see changes whose scale and pace was to be quite unprecedented.

in history

historically

In absolute terms, armies reached historically unprecedented sizes in the twentieth century.

until now

hitherto
previously

Businesses now cooperate with each other in a way that was previously unprecedented.

not

hardly

While this is an unusual example, such a collapse of law-and-order is hardly unprecedented.

perhaps

perhaps
probably

The appeal judges described the challenge to the Act as ‘unusual, and in modern times probably unprecedented’.

level or amount

amount
degree
demand
level
number
rate
scale
speed

We are currently experiencing unprecedented levels of business.

increase

growth
increase
rise

Recent years have seen an unprecedented increase in the numbers of undergraduate medical students in the UK.

action

action
move
step

In an unprecedented move the force decided to issue the images of 31 protesters they wanted to interview.

opportunity

opportunity

For schools, this is an unprecedented opportunity to consider their future.