record-breaking
adjective
: better, greater, higher, etc., than any other in the past : beyond any previous record
a record-breaking high jump
The outdoor concert drew a record-breaking crowd to the park.
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Topline SpaceX’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission to take the company public added to a growing list of compensation rewards for CEO Elon Musk, whose record-breaking fortune could add even more billions after establishing a colony on Mars and a robot fleet, among others.
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Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Meanwhile, the buyer of the record-breaking Husain?
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
The album debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 and brought in record-breaking first week sales, selling 641,000 total copies in its first week of release — the most by a group since Billboard started tracking streaming numbers in 2014 — including 532,000 in pure album sales.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
The company's record-breaking run comes as chip companies not named Nvidia hit historic highs.
—Katie Tarasov,jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 20 May 2026
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Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Meanwhile, the buyer of the record-breaking Husain?
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
The album debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 and brought in record-breaking first week sales, selling 641,000 total copies in its first week of release — the most by a group since Billboard started tracking streaming numbers in 2014 — including 532,000 in pure album sales.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
The company's record-breaking run comes as chip companies not named Nvidia hit historic highs.
—Katie Tarasov,jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 20 May 2026
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“Record-breaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/record-breaking. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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