in record numbers
idiom
: in amounts or quantities greater than ever before
New houses are being built in record numbers.
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No matter the destination, seniors are traveling in record numbers to all corners of the world.
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Roger Sands, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Lines of up to an hour are expected at the busiest polling locations, and some sites are already seeing waits of more than 30 minutes as voters turn out early in-person in record numbers.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
Despite corporate prohibitions on AI use, people flock to the chatbot in record numbers.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2024
But, at a time when hundreds of Cubans are in prison for voicing dissent and hundreds more are fleeing the island in record numbers — some dying at sea and during multi-country treks to the U.S.-Mexico border — the glossy American travel brochures peddling travel to Cuba sicken me.
—Fabiola Santiago, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
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Roger Sands, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Lines of up to an hour are expected at the busiest polling locations, and some sites are already seeing waits of more than 30 minutes as voters turn out early in-person in record numbers.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
Despite corporate prohibitions on AI use, people flock to the chatbot in record numbers.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2024
But, at a time when hundreds of Cubans are in prison for voicing dissent and hundreds more are fleeing the island in record numbers — some dying at sea and during multi-country treks to the U.S.-Mexico border — the glossy American travel brochures peddling travel to Cuba sicken me.
—Fabiola Santiago, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
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