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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The cloud around it is nearly a whopping 20 million light-years across—about 20 times the diameter of our Milky Way galaxy—beating the previous record holder, seen around cluster Abell 2255, which spanned only 16.3 million light-years. Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025 O’Dell departs the high school ranks as the Orange County record holder in six of the event individual events: 50, 100 and 200 free, 200 IM, 100 back and 100 breaststroke (59.73). Dan Albano, Oc Register, 5 June 2025 Thompson, the Olympic record holder for points by a defender, is bound to score eventually, too. 3. Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 20 May 2025 Michael Granville, the previous record holder, had a time of 1:46.45. Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for record holder

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“Record holder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/record%20holder. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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