losing/winning record

noun

: past performance characterized by losing/winning most games, contests, etc.
The team had a losing/winning record last season.

Examples of losing/winning record in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Such a reaction would have seemed foreign during the charmed 2022-23 season, when fans basked in the unexpected glow of the startup Kings’ first winning record in 16 years. Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 14 Apr. 2024 The Heat is the only team in that bottom five with a winning record this season. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024 The team remained competitive for a while — winning the American League West Division five times in Moreno’s first seven years as owner, and again in 2014 — but hasn’t made the playoffs since 2014 and hasn’t finished with a winning record since 2015. Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024 His second year featured a marked upturn as Utah finished 10-10 in the Pac-12 and produced a winning record (17-15) that wasn’t quite good enough for an NCAA Tournament bid. Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024 The winning record is one reason last year’s Sweet 16 loss — 73-51 to Cal State Dominguez Hills, where the Cougars shot 30.2 percent from the floor and made 3-of-15 3-point attempts — hurts so much. John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2024 The problem is those four teams hold winning records, and the Heat is an underwhelming 17-24 this season against teams currently with a winning record. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024 My reasonable hopes for the season are finishing with another winning record, and getting into the playoffs. Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024 If held, an election would be the first test of the U.A.W.’s newfound strength after staging a wave of strikes in the fall against the three Detroit automakers — General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis — and winning record wage increases. Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024

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