record-breaking
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- /ˈrɛkərdˌbreɪkɪŋ/
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- The marathon attracted a record-breaking number of participants this year.
Ant Group, which is China's largest fintech company, was set to list this Thursday in both cities in a record-breaking IPO.
- Ant Group, which is China's largest fintech company, was set to list this Thursday in both cities in a record-breaking IPO.
- And he he he was featured basically his record-breaking dive in vertical blue for constant wait with a monofin where he broke his own world record.
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Yesterday the Postal Service announced they will have a record-breaking 14 billion dollar loss this year.
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A record-breaking 261 sailboats spread out over 19 classes had registered for the regatta.
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Within three days of its launch, Apple had sold a record-breaking five million units.
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From 2006 to 2010, they had a record-breaking drought.
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As you well know, Wolf, we got a record-breaking level of hunger in America, higher than it's been for a very, very long time.
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The walk is on track to raise a record-breaking $700,000 this year.
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The Grace Hopper Celebration, the world's largest gathering of women in computing, reported record-breaking attendance in Atlanta, GA.
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Welcome to Aintree, where we've got a record-breaking attendance on the course of 75,000 people here to celebrate the very best of British racing.
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This summer has seen record-breaking temperatures, surpassing all previous highs.
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She achieved a record-breaking score in the competition, outdoing all past records.
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Etymology
Record-breaking comes from record and break: record means 'a best or remembered result' and break means 'to get past' a limit. Think of an athlete breaking the tape at the finish line to pass the old best, so record-breaking means going past all previous results.