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record

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


NOUN
achievement
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
WEAK






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“What you do is you talk about what you’re doing, and what they are doing is record levels of production in the U.S. right now,” Pickering said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

He led the Azzurri to a world record 37-game unbeaten run, but failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup - losing to North Macedonia in a play-off - and resigned in August 2023.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

After all, the S&P 500 closed up just 0.02%, leaving the Wall Street benchmark 2.6% below the record high hit at the start of June.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

After almost a month of weighing his options, LeBron James announced on X that he will sign with the Philadelphia 76ers to play in his record 24th NBA season and pursue a fifth title.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

I give Autumn one last playful side-eye, glance once more at the cinnamon rolls, head to the kitchen, and try to break my record for the Fastest Dishwashing Session Ever award.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Hyperspectral imaging records subtle differences in color and reflected light at each point in an image.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

Public Health Scotland data, external records that just over 2,000 patients were seen across six centres last month.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

“What we’ve seen is only a fragment of what information there might be, because not all of the government records from phones have been turned over,” Joachín said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

At Auburn, he had smashed college records set by the likes of Tiger Woods.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Years later, records released by the KGB, the Soviet intelligence agency, indicated he was right.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

As Psyche moved closer, the cameras recorded detailed features on the surface, including wind-shaped craters, the south polar ice cap, and the large double-ringed Huygens crater.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

This year, scientists are predicting that El Nino could rank among the largest ever recorded.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

The group’s key fashion and leather goods division recorded quarterly sales of 8.9 billion euros, up 1% on year, also improving from the 2% decline it logged in the preceding quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

The song appeared to be a version of an unreleased track called Celeste, which D4vd allegedly recorded in 2023.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Notaries dealt with contracts and wills, and they kept a tiny fraction of the riches they recorded.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Sales from directly operated stores were still negative, recording a 2% decline on a comparable basis, but improved 7 percentage points compared with the previous three months.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

The burgeoning young composer organized Bernstein’s music archives, sat in on recording sessions and audited his senior-level classes for three years while studying at the Thornton School of Music at USC.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

In 2025, it claimed, the defendants hacked into the mobile device of a producer who had collaborated with Grande and accessed unreleased masters, demos and footage from recording sessions.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Barclays fell 4.9% after recording above-expectation credit impairments.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

I had made up my mind that recording both of my grandparents’ stories was an important project not just for school, but for me and my family.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh




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