in record time

idiom

: in the least amount of time ever
He finished in record time.

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The rapid development, manufacturing, and distribution of safe, effective vaccines in record time — one year — is a remarkable achievement that prevented innumerable deaths. Bernadette Boden Albala, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 The prime example is the development, testing, evaluation and distribution of a vaccine in record time, said Richard Besser, CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and former acting director of the CDC. Tina Reed, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025 Honda went from zero to sixty in record time in 2024. Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025 Government funding delivered a COVID-19 vaccine in record time, many of the technologies – GPS, touchscreens and the internet – that are key to the functioning of the cellphone in your pocket, and the highway system that enables travel throughout the country. Joseph P. Tomain, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in record time

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“In record time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20record%20time. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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