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[ri-kawrd, rek-erd] / rɪˈkɔrd, ˈrɛk ərd /


NOUN
achievement
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
WEAK






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Matthew Stafford passed for a touchdown and Blake Corum and Kyren Williams rushed for touchdowns as the Rams improved their record to 4-4.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Up until the start of 2025, Bavuma averaged 46.85 against spin but since then his record drops to 21.37.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The league spent this season, its 30th, celebrating record highs in TV audiences and attendance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Finally, the share of corporate profits accruing to owners is already near a record high.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026

Mother chuckled and whispered back, “Just for the record, you already are.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Immigration records show he brought back a teenager claiming to be Chin Sing in 1924 and my grandfather the following year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Mageean was named the 2023 BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year after an impressive year, in which she broke national records and was fourth in a competitive World Championships final.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Prosecutors said Mailyan was involved in an elaborate fraud scheme that ignored Medicare’s rules for Botox coverage and brazenly fabricated medical records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Philipp Schindler, Google’s chief business officer, told investors on Wednesday that the company is seeing lower AI Mode monetization, even as it records more queries.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

Based on the records we have access to, these ethnic differences don’t seem to have affected the way the airwomen got along.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

The first round recorded turnout of 23 percent, and election officials were expecting higher participation in the runoff.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

In Uganda, two people died and 20 cases were recorded shortly after the outbreak started, but no cases have been reported since August.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

That is nearly twice the average rate of just under 0.2°C per decade recorded between 1970 and 2015.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

The hobbit calendar is not altogether separate from ours—we revolve around the same sun—but recorded time begins in Year One, when the hobbits arrived in the Shire by crossing the Brandywine River.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

By the end of the war, tens of thousands of shell-shock cases had been recorded.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

McHugh's prizes include a £50,000 cash prize and a recording contract, with her first ever single, a cover of The Beatles classic Blackbird, now released.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

It was a natural progression for the Cryptkeeper to be the next recording artist.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

In a video Waltz posted online Tuesday, Tur de la Concepcion is seen smacking the cellphone recording him and saying, “he violated my personal space.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Make sense of the midterms with Slate: Speaking of tricks and treats, watch this livestream recording from Slate’s politics team, who broke down all the spooky thrills and chills we can expect on Election Day.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

He paged back through the Story Book—which was even now recording everything Jack said—to May’s story of the original kidnapping.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley


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