In September, the World Bank released its annual report, noting unprecedented gains by women in education, health and access to jobs and livelihoods but gaps in female death rates, pay and decision-making in households and society.
Although she stopped just short of calling Trump a racist, it was, as The Washington Post's David Weigel noted, an unprecedented "anvil-drop" moment in presidential debate history.
In their official response to the league's charges, Sterling's lawyers noted the unprecedented nature of the response by the commissioner: "In the past, the NBA has either punished offensive speech with a modest fine, or else ignored it".
The 2006 report noted the "unprecedented" rise and gave an example: several officers followed a woman wanted for petty larceny into a store and one "struck her in the head with his firearm for no reason".
The governor said the agency would be able to pre-approve the use of any federal funds and noted the unprecedented move is aimed at increasing transparency in the massive recovery efforts (think Whitefish).
The declaration recognizes the role of local groups operating outside of the government in helping stem the illness in ways that Mr. Annan noted was unprecedented, and calls on governments to help these groups reach out to the most vulnerable populations.
Though this decision did seem slightly perverse when, looking back over the year's reviews, I noted an unprecedented amount of coverage of pretty much anything but drama – in marked contrast to, say, 1999, when I started my TV-reviewing career and when the big drama of the week, whether a one-off mini-series or a soap episode, was invariably the cornerstone of a review.
The Washington Post noted the unprecedented nature of Stanton's statement. .
Individual therapists also noted an unprecedented amount of panic and anxiety over the election.
Dr. Verbeck acknowledged that he had only just begun to grapple with the legal implications of his invention, which he noted was "unprecedented in drug law".
