in record numbers
idiom
: in amounts or quantities greater than ever before
New houses are being built in record numbers.
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Germans are turning their backs on Tesla in record numbers, and arguably the only possible way for the rot to stop, or at least slow down, is for Musk to distance himself from Tesla and hand over the CEO position to someone else.
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Peter Lyon, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Puerto Ricans voted for Trump and allies of Trump in record numbers, while also voting in favor of statehood for the island.
—Van Hipp, Sun Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
Crown Bees Honeybees, which are tasked with pollinating many of the agricultural crops in the United States, are dying off in record numbers.
—Martha Ann Overland, NPR, 6 Apr. 2025
Parents taking their kids out of the public school system in record numbers.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
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Peter Lyon, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Puerto Ricans voted for Trump and allies of Trump in record numbers, while also voting in favor of statehood for the island.
—Van Hipp, Sun Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
Crown Bees Honeybees, which are tasked with pollinating many of the agricultural crops in the United States, are dying off in record numbers.
—Martha Ann Overland, NPR, 6 Apr. 2025
Parents taking their kids out of the public school system in record numbers.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
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“In record numbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20record%20numbers. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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