How to Use hit record in a Sentence
hit record
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As someone who’s had hits, what makes a hit record to you?
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 20 June 2024
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The chain hit record sales last year and is seen as the strongest part of Macy’s business.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
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Stocks have hit record highs on the prospect of lower rates, but have stumbled when the rate cut timetable is pushed out.
—USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
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Russia’s trade with both Brazil and China hit record highs in 2022.
—Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
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Have Grandma tell you her stories over Zoom and hit record.
—Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
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And almost one in five monitoring wells hit record lows in the past decade, the Times found.
—Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
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Read more Hate crimes in big cities have hit record highs for a second year in a row, new data shows.
—USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
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Meanwhile, mentions of the word burnout hit record levels last year.
—Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2023
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And the cost of credit default swaps – insurance in case the U.S. defaults – have hit record highs.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
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The amount of heat stored in the upper ocean hit record highs, and the amount of Antarctic sea ice was the lowest in recorded history.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2024
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Interest in his wacky creations from friends spurred him to hit record.
—Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
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Some 79 percent of monitoring wells hit record lows in the past decade alone.
—Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
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Corporate profits hit record highs in the fourth quarter of last year.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
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Mortgage rates are over 7% and average home prices have hit record highs.
—Clare Ansberry, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2023
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Production spend hit record levels last year and the amount of U.K. studio space is set to double by 2025.
—John Whittingdale, Variety, 13 June 2023
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The price of Shell stocks have hit record highs, buoyed by the prospect that the war’s expansion could disrupt Middle East oil production and trade flows.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2023
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Cruz spoke as the ongoing crisis at the southern border, now into its third year, has hit record highs.
—Adam Shaw, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
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Meanwhile, the birth rate has hit record lows, and the number of children has fallen for 43 consecutive years.
—Byjason Ma, Fortune, 12 May 2024
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Youth unemployment hit record highs last spring; at one point, more than one in five people aged 16 to 24 were jobless.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 17 July 2024
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The boost in streams is mainly thanks to the viral Ceiling Challenge on TikTok, where users tape their phone to the ceiling, hit record, and then post a clip of that overhead shot.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2023
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That wasn’t always true, but both U.S. natural gas and oil production hit record highs in 2023.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 23 June 2024
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In the last three national elections, voter turnout has hit record levels.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
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Other Alaska areas hit record high temps In the midst of the hefty snowfall, other parts of the state saw record-high temperatures.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
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In-flight air rage hit record highs in 2021, mostly because of masking requirements.
—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
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Home sales in San Diego County hit record lows in January as the median home price rose slightly.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Feb. 2024
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Scientists say that's a key reason sea ice globally hit record lows in June.
—Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
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Wholesale pork belly prices jumped 100% plus year-to-date at the end of the summer, and beef prices hit record highs in November thanks to the small herds mentioned by Anderson.
—Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2023
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The trade deficit hit record levels during the Trump Administration, half of that with China.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024
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Costs have crept up in recent years because commodities like wood pulp — which is used to make paper products — hit record highs in 2022.
—Emma Kumer, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
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But the pool of voters needing mobilization appears to have shrunk, too, as turnout has hit record levels.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
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