personal best
noun
: the best achievement one has ever had
Her time in the race was a personal best.
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Signed in the summer of 2023 after the Seattle Kraken inexplicably chose not to qualify him, Geekie immediately set a personal best with 17 goals that season and then nearly doubled it in ‘24-25.
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
On Cloudsurfer Next Looking to shave a few seconds off your personal best?
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
Combined with earnings from the contemporary sale that followed, Sotheby’s raked in $706 million total in a personal best for the global auction house.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
Carl, who spent much of the day photographing bark and woodpeckers, was savoring his 12th night camping this season, a personal best.
—Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
On Cloudsurfer Next Looking to shave a few seconds off your personal best?
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
Combined with earnings from the contemporary sale that followed, Sotheby’s raked in $706 million total in a personal best for the global auction house.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
Carl, who spent much of the day photographing bark and woodpeckers, was savoring his 12th night camping this season, a personal best.
—Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Personal best.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20best. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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