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Guest Column: Are you sick of the word ‘unprecedented’?

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28.04.2026

Over the years, I’ve gotten quite a few chuckles reminiscing about my youngest cousin Scott’s purely logical reaction to an unfamiliar food that was set before him.

“I cannot eat that because I have NEVER eaten that before.”

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(To his credit, Scott the successful civil engineer has outgrown that childhood logic, although it probably still bubbles to the surface now and then. “I cannot design that project because I have…er, I mean, how flexible is your budget?”)

In other words, “unprecedented” was bad.

Now in 2026, I find........

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