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


NOUN
achievement
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
WEAK






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That would be its largest one-day loss of market cap on record.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Last year saw a record number of partner exits from top firms and this year is on track to top that, according to data firm SurePoint Technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Dodgers owner Mark Walter is seeking to sell the WNBA’s Sparks for a record valuation amid ongoing investigations into his companies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

"Indeed their support has been absolutely vital to our success in restoring the population of golden eagles to record numbers."

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

And for the record, that quiz was NOT easy.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

The warnings that the institute received, which online records show date to 2015, were issued after the regulator suspected or had evidence of a violation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Columbaries are likely to become more popular, with QR codes placed on memorials to link visitors to digital archives of photographs, videos and other records of a person’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Both schools will have their halftime homecoming, their school bands performing and lots of alumni in attendance, so throw out the records and prepare for the idea that anything could happen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The team then compared its findings with oxygen isotope records preserved in nearby Tibetan cave deposits.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Warily watching the British in Boston, “Washington frequently had Billy Lee remove his mahogany and brass spyglass from its handsome leather case so he could engage in surveillance of his adversary,” biographer Ron Chernow records.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

This marked an expansion from the 84.6% adjusted operating margin recorded in the June quarter.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The last recorded rainfall on Halloween in L.A. occurred in 2014, when a quarter of an inch of precipitation fell on downtown Los Angeles, according to weather service records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

In 2024, another rockfall was reported in Cappadocia, although no deaths or injuries were recorded.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

The group is known to produce secretly recorded encounters.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

I grabbed a yellow legal pad where Fred had recorded pages of notes on great white shark behavior, reproduction, and something called osmoregulation.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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 was accused of hitting the American’s cellphone as it was recording.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

"This is the first time we've leveraged the full volume of very rich information provided by an EEG recording to understand face perception and autism," McPartland says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

The islands have the lowest rates, with Orkney recording a figure of just 18.2%.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The guards thought they were looking for someone who’d set out an electronic device; they thought Finn’s voice had only been a recording.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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