record-breaking

adjective

: better, greater, higher, etc., than any other in the past : beyond any previous record

a record-breaking high jump

The outdoor concert drew a record-breaking crowd to the park.

Examples of record-breaking in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After a record-breaking Super Bowl, the 2024-25 NFL regular season begins with the NFL Draft this month, with a new slate of rookies entering the league. —Rudie Obias, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024

The series will offer a twist to the original game show, which premiered in 2007 to a record-breaking 27 million viewers. —Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 18 Apr. 2024

The deal closed this week for a record-breaking $108 million, surpassing a $77 million Aspen home that sold just last week to become Colorado’s most expensive residential sale ever. —Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2024

Data for early 2024 shows record-breaking temperatures in Europe. —Raf Casert, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024

In March, before filming for season 25 had even finished, the show was renewed for a record-breaking 26th season, topping the previous record set for the longest-running primetime live-action series in history. —Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024

Editorial Board: If 10 straight months of record-breaking heat isn’t a climate emergency, what is? —Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024

That was for the record-breaking $1.13 billion jackpot, won in New Jersey in March 2024. —The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024

Jim Sergent Americans are tuning in and paying up in record numbers to see Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes as the NCAA scoring champion finishes her record-breaking senior year. —Caitlin Clark, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024