in record numbers
idiom
: in amounts or quantities greater than ever before
New houses are being built in record numbers.
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Americans applied for British citizenship in record numbers last year, according to Britain’s Home Office, with a big spike in applications logged during the final quarter — a period coinciding with Trump’s reelection.
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Anna Cooban, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
There’s a sector of racialized, underpaid immigrants, doing labor white people won’t, who are getting deported and dehumanized in record numbers in recent years.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2025
These announcements follow the government's move this year to raise the statutory retirement age for the first time in decades as aging Chinese leave the workforce in record numbers.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Moldova’s large diaspora, which cast ballots in record numbers, voted heavily in favor of Ms. Sandu in the runoff.
—Stephen McGrath and Vadim Ghirda, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2024
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Anna Cooban, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
There’s a sector of racialized, underpaid immigrants, doing labor white people won’t, who are getting deported and dehumanized in record numbers in recent years.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2025
These announcements follow the government's move this year to raise the statutory retirement age for the first time in decades as aging Chinese leave the workforce in record numbers.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Moldova’s large diaspora, which cast ballots in record numbers, voted heavily in favor of Ms. Sandu in the runoff.
—Stephen McGrath and Vadim Ghirda, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2024
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“In record numbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20record%20numbers. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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