set a record
idiom
: 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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Last year set a record for the most drug shortages in American history, with providers and patients struggling to secure adequate amounts of everything from basic antibiotics to chemotherapy drugs.
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Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Fourteen years ago, Perez helped set a record there when 650 mariachi performers joined together.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Archer Aviation’s Midnight just set a record flight during testing in the skies over California.
—Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2025
By August 8 of this year, the department had already set a record with 2,524,115 claims processed nearly two months before the end of FY2025.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
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Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Fourteen years ago, Perez helped set a record there when 650 mariachi performers joined together.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Archer Aviation’s Midnight just set a record flight during testing in the skies over California.
—Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2025
By August 8 of this year, the department had already set a record with 2,524,115 claims processed nearly two months before the end of FY2025.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for set a record
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“Set a record.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20a%20record. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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