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.

Examples of set a record in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Indeed, the pitchers both set a record for innings in a single game. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 July 2026

This auction at Sotheby’s set a record for most valuable fossil ever sold. — Kristi Curry Rogers, Washington Post, 16 July 2026

The state set a record for poor air quality Thursday as large swaths of the state remained under a hazardous air quality warning triggered by smoke from wildfires in the northern part of the state and Canada. — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 16 July 2026

Its earlier fundraising set a record for first-time financing by a Chinese tech startup. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 July 2026

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