in record numbers
idiom
: in amounts or quantities greater than ever before
New houses are being built in record numbers.
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In the 1990s, heroin chic surged in popularity as women flooded law schools, boardrooms, and newsrooms in record numbers — a visual counterpunch to female ambition.
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Anne Marie Chaker, Time, 18 June 2025
Short sellers are circling in record numbers, driven by bearish conviction and tactical hedging.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 June 2025
The state is fighting a federal court order to stop allowing the water pollution that’s killing sea cows in record numbers.
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 June 2025
As America's golden age of investment fades, the country's wealthiest are moving their money—and their lives—abroad in record numbers.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
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Anne Marie Chaker, Time, 18 June 2025
Short sellers are circling in record numbers, driven by bearish conviction and tactical hedging.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 June 2025
The state is fighting a federal court order to stop allowing the water pollution that’s killing sea cows in record numbers.
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 June 2025
As America's golden age of investment fades, the country's wealthiest are moving their money—and their lives—abroad in record numbers.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
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“In record numbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20record%20numbers. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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