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

The next holiday weekend – taking place May 25 to 27 – is slated to see a record-breaking number of travelers, according to AAA. —Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024

The post comes about a week after the Queen of Pop wrapped the Celebration Tour with a record-breaking show at Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach Saturday (May 4), an event that saw more than 1.6 million fans show up for the free performance. —Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 May 2024

That was for the record-breaking $1.13 billion jackpot, won in New Jersey in March 2024. —Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2024

Yes, the record-breaking tour had been running for over a year and was very well-documented — Swift even released a concert film of it in October that is now streaming on Disney+ — but tonight was different. —Ellise Shafer, Variety, 10 May 2024

April marked the planet’s 11th consecutive month of record-breaking warm temperatures. —Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024

By Eamon Akil Farhat / Bloomberg May 8, 2024 4:30 AM EDT April was the Earth’s 11th consecutive month of record-breaking heat, with warmer weather already sweeping across Asia and a hotter-than-usual summer expected in Europe. —TIME, 8 May 2024

Several regions around the planet are expected to experience record-breaking average surface air temperatures through the summer as a result of heating influence from the El Niño pattern, according to a study published in Scientific Reports in February. —Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 May 2024

AccuWeather also predicts flooding and a potentially record-breaking hurricane season for the Gulf Coast states, as well as drought conditions in multiple regions, including the Upper Midwest. —Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2024