in record numbers
idiom
: in amounts or quantities greater than ever before
New houses are being built in record numbers.
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With Americans already having bought guns in record numbers over the last four years (over 75 million, according to an analysis of the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System by SafeHome.org), ammunition sales could jump considerably with so many firearms in people’s hands.
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Greg McKenna, Fortune, 15 July 2024
Still, Americans have been watching in record numbers.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 2 July 2024
These and other constant attacks on our voting rights and the rights of women to control our own bodies on a state level, requires those who believe in freedom, justice, equity, and equality for all to fight back at the ballot box and vote in record numbers in 2024 and beyond.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 30 June 2024
Families this summer and last have, in record numbers, chosen to spend weeks on the road and thousands of dollars adventuring to these landmarks in person.
—James Nestor, Outside Online, 18 June 2024
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Greg McKenna, Fortune, 15 July 2024
Still, Americans have been watching in record numbers.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 2 July 2024
These and other constant attacks on our voting rights and the rights of women to control our own bodies on a state level, requires those who believe in freedom, justice, equity, and equality for all to fight back at the ballot box and vote in record numbers in 2024 and beyond.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 30 June 2024
Families this summer and last have, in record numbers, chosen to spend weeks on the road and thousands of dollars adventuring to these landmarks in person.
—James Nestor, Outside Online, 18 June 2024
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