set a record
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: to achieve something no other person or thing has achieved
She set a record for the most sales in the history of the company.
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The booster turnaround from its last flight set a record for SpaceX coming at 13 days 12 hours 44 minutes.
Nov. 26 (Delayed from Nov. 25): SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Starlink 6-76 mission from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39-A at 11:41 p.m.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2025
Interest on the federal debt for the first half of this fiscal year set a record at $582 billion.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Sign up for the Evening Report newsletter Booker, who is serving in his second term, set a record for the longest Senate speech in history in early April by holding the upper chamber’s floor for more than 25 hours.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
In fact, the Manx set a record for the peninsula run—beating big-bore motorcycles and inspiring headlines that helped to spark a new era of four-wheeling popularity.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2025
Interest on the federal debt for the first half of this fiscal year set a record at $582 billion.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Sign up for the Evening Report newsletter Booker, who is serving in his second term, set a record for the longest Senate speech in history in early April by holding the upper chamber’s floor for more than 25 hours.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
In fact, the Manx set a record for the peninsula run—beating big-bore motorcycles and inspiring headlines that helped to spark a new era of four-wheeling popularity.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Set a record.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20a%20record. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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