unprecedented speed

collocation in English

meaningsofunprecedentedandspeed

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unprecedented
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈpres.ɪ.den.tɪd/us
/ʌnˈpres.ə.den.t̬ɪd/
never having happened or existed in ...
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speed
noun
uk
/spiːd/us
/spiːd/
how fast ...
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(Definition ofunprecedentedandspeedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Events then moved withunprecedentedspeed.
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Our standard of living has risen at anunprecedentedspeedduring the past 12 years, more than in the 50 years before.
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Theunprecedentedspeedof globalisation has also affected developments in both regions.
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The technologies on which they draw are advancing atunprecedentedspeedand economic and social progress will continually create new openings for their exploitation.
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A new global monetary system is emerging at anunprecedentedspeed, and the number of players is increasing.
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These routes we have had to develop withunprecedentedspeed.
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Whichever way we look, we see change occurring at anunprecedentedspeed.
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The structure was built in 1908 in anunprecedentedspeedof 90 days.
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This competition led to their shipping services running atunprecedentedspeedand efficiency.
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It combines human intelligence (the crowd) with artificial intelligence (the cloud) in order to produce quality results atunprecedentedspeed.
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As the volume of scientific information increased withunprecedentedspeed, it became fruitful to concentrate on smaller fields of scientific activity and specializations emerged.
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Withunprecedentedspeed, eight of these had begun by the weekend following the collapse.
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Itsunprecedentedspeedmade available-light photography possible for the first time.
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The groundbreaking novelty of this design was itsunprecedentedspeedof action.
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The use of automatic traction control and the capacity for large footprint off-road tires enables it to traverse at unprecedented speeds in soft ground conditions.
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