set a record

idiom

: to achieve something no other person or thing has achieved

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

Examples of set a record in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even as the rate of EV sales growth slowed somewhat in 2024 compared to the previous year, U.S. car consumers still set a record with 1.3 million EV purchases, according to the auto information resource Kelley Blue Book. —William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025

Boy did Americans and other visitors make good use of US National Park Service sites in 2024 — enough to set a record. —Cnn, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025

Trump then said trans women are hurting other sports, referring to a case in which a trans woman finished a long-distance cycling race and set a record by five hours, beating a cisgender woman. —Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025

His first Oscar set a record that still stands for youngest man to win Best Actor in Academy Awards history. —Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025

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