hit record

noun

: a record or CD that is very popular and sells many copies

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Gas prices could conceivably hit record levels of $5 per gallon if nobody acts to clear the bottleneck in Strait of Hormuz, De Haan said. Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026 Farther inland, Riverside, Borrego and Paso Robles also hit record highs for the day of 93, 97 and 89 degrees, respectively. Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026 As airport wait times hit record lengths, the Senate on March 25 once again voted against a proposal to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Margie Cullen, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026 Until last week, the trend in recent months had largely been the opposite, as bullion repeatedly hit record prices while Bitcoin tumbled. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hit record

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“Hit record.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20record. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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