How to Use in record numbers in a Sentence
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Travelers have flocked to Las Vegas in record numbers in the last year.
— Melissa Alonso, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024 -
And one thing's for sure: theme park fans are visiting in record numbers.
— Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2024 -
The largest group were Venezuelans, who have been arriving to the United States in record numbers since 2021.
— Nick Miroff and Joanna Slater, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2023 -
The largest group were Venezuelans, who have been arriving to the United States in record numbers since 2021.
— Nick Miroff and Joanna Slater, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2023 -
The rise of child roofers comes as young people are crossing the southern border alone in record numbers.
— Hannah Dreier, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023 -
Meanwhile, non-grad Gen Zers are picking up the tools and taking up trade jobs in record numbers.
— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 June 2024 -
In 2020, young people came out to vote in record numbers and arguably helped turn the election in Biden’s favor.
— Makena Kelly, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2024 -
Prior to that, Venezuelans had been leaving Venezuela or third countries in record numbers to reach the U.S.
— Santiago Pérez, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022 -
Young voters turned out in record numbers in 2020, backing Biden by a large margin.
— Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Sabrina Rodriguez, Colby Itkowitz, Meryl Kornfield, Dylan Wells, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Apr. 2023 -
This summer, tourists have swarmed Europe in record numbers.
— Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2023 -
In the workplace, trust is ebbing as employees jump ship in record numbers in quest of a better fit elsewhere.
— Mark C. Perna, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021 -
In recent years, Black women have run for Congress in record numbers.
— Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2023 -
In fact, the membership returned their ballots in record numbers this year.
— Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 23 Mar. 2022 -
But a variety of factors set the stage for Americans to flock to their favorite wing joints this year in record numbers.
— Kerry J. Byrne, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2023 -
Nicaraguans journeyed to the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers last year, though arrivals from Nicaragua there have slowed recently.
— Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 14 June 2023 -
Americans weigh in Women have made huge strides in business, ascending to the C-suite and the boardroom in record numbers.
— Krystal Hur, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023 -
Even with Title 42 in place, migrants had been encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers.
— Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023 -
Schibell said health care workers are dropping out in record numbers.
— NBC News, 13 Jan. 2022 -
The overpumping of groundwater in some parts of the state is drying up wells in record numbers, causing the land to subside and harming wildlife and ecosystems.
— Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2023 -
Not long ago, at the pandemic’s onset, things were so bad that people lost jobs in record numbers as the U.S. unemployment rate reached 14.7%.
— Callum Borchers, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2023 -
Ipso facto, these voters will turnout in record numbers to reward the Democrats in November.
— Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2022 -
Yet in recent years, Americans have turned out to vote in record numbers — mostly to re-elect incumbents.
— Alan Blinder, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023 -
Children aren’t alone in seeking resources, as parents have called crisis lines in record numbers.
— Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 28 Feb. 2024 -
Black families who never had equal access to the American dream were able to enter the middle class in record numbers.
— Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023 -
In addition, a more vibrant economy in Venezuela could convince migrants — who have been leaving for the U.S. in record numbers — to stay put in Venezuela.
— John Otis, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024 -
In fact, just last year, the city’s voters turned out in record numbers to reject a proposal that would create a city property tax to fund a new school district.
— Hannah Denham | Hdenham@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023 -
Shipwreck hunters, divers, even a little girl out fishing found some of Lake Michigan's most historic secrets last year in record numbers.
— Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2024 -
College graduates and families with children have left the city in record numbers.
— Raúl Vilchis Christopher Lee, New York Times, 13 July 2023 -
Korean Americans are returning to the country of their birth in record numbers, hoping to retire amid the comforts of home.
— Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024 -
In elections for the European Parliament this past May, Hungarians again showed up in record numbers to vote, and a party barely two years old won ten percent of the vote.
— Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2019
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