record holder
noun
: the person or thing that has achieved something no other person or thing has achieved : a person or thing that holds a record
He is the marathon world record holder.
They're developing an airplane that is expected to be faster than the current record holder.
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And the record holder wasn’t the only Monet up for grabs.
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2026
That was faster than the human world record holder, Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, who finished the same distance in about 57 minutes in March at the Lisbon road race.
—ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
The previous record holder, a star in our Milky Way cataloged as SDSS J1029+1729, has twice the abundance of heavy elements that SDSS J0715-7334 has.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Track and field – Two-time state champion, conference record holder.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2026
That was faster than the human world record holder, Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, who finished the same distance in about 57 minutes in March at the Lisbon road race.
—ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
The previous record holder, a star in our Milky Way cataloged as SDSS J1029+1729, has twice the abundance of heavy elements that SDSS J0715-7334 has.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Track and field – Two-time state champion, conference record holder.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Record holder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/record%20holder. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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