set a record

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: to achieve something no other person or thing has achieved

She set a record for the most sales in the history of the company.

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Travis Kelce’s very famous other half set a record for a global music tour. —

Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 9 Dec. 2024 Barkley set a record with nine games of over 100 or more yards rushing this season, totaling 124 yards on 20 carries. —

Scott Thompson, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024 Shohei Ohtani set a record a year ago by signing a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers in Dec. 2023, but the deferred money in the deal brought its present-day value to $437,830,563 in total, according to calculations by the MLB Players Association. —

Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024 More than a half-dozen years ago, Mallie and his staff set a record for building the largest cheeseburger commercially available, at nearly 1,800 pounds. —

Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for set a record

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