How to Use in record numbers in a Sentence
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Travelers have flocked to Las Vegas in record numbers in the last year.
—Melissa Alonso, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
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The largest group were Venezuelans, who have been arriving to the United States in record numbers since 2021.
—Nick Miroff and Joanna Slater, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2023
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The largest group were Venezuelans, who have been arriving to the United States in record numbers since 2021.
—Nick Miroff and Joanna Slater, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2023
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The rise of child roofers comes as young people are crossing the southern border alone in record numbers.
—Hannah Dreier, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
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Meanwhile, non-grad Gen Zers are picking up the tools and taking up trade jobs in record numbers.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 June 2024
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In 2020, young people came out to vote in record numbers and arguably helped turn the election in Biden’s favor.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2024
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Prior to that, Venezuelans had been leaving Venezuela or third countries in record numbers to reach the U.S.
—Santiago Pérez, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
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Young voters turned out in record numbers in 2020, backing Biden by a large margin.
—Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Sabrina Rodriguez, Colby Itkowitz, Meryl Kornfield, Dylan Wells, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Apr. 2023
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This summer, tourists have swarmed Europe in record numbers.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2023
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In the workplace, trust is ebbing as employees jump ship in record numbers in quest of a better fit elsewhere.
—Mark C. Perna, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
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In recent years, Black women have run for Congress in record numbers.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2023
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In fact, the membership returned their ballots in record numbers this year.
—Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 23 Mar. 2022
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But a variety of factors set the stage for Americans to flock to their favorite wing joints this year in record numbers.
—Kerry J. Byrne, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2023
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Nicaraguans journeyed to the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers last year, though arrivals from Nicaragua there have slowed recently.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 14 June 2023
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Americans weigh in Women have made huge strides in business, ascending to the C-suite and the boardroom in record numbers.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
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Even with Title 42 in place, migrants had been encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023
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Schibell said health care workers are dropping out in record numbers.
—NBC News, 13 Jan. 2022
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The overpumping of groundwater in some parts of the state is drying up wells in record numbers, causing the land to subside and harming wildlife and ecosystems.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2023
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Not long ago, at the pandemic’s onset, things were so bad that people lost jobs in record numbers as the U.S. unemployment rate reached 14.7%.
—Callum Borchers, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2023
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Ipso facto, these voters will turnout in record numbers to reward the Democrats in November.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2022
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Yet in recent years, Americans have turned out to vote in record numbers — mostly to re-elect incumbents.
—Alan Blinder, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
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Children aren’t alone in seeking resources, as parents have called crisis lines in record numbers.
—Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 28 Feb. 2024
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Black families who never had equal access to the American dream were able to enter the middle class in record numbers.
—Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
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In addition, a more vibrant economy in Venezuela could convince migrants — who have been leaving for the U.S. in record numbers — to stay put in Venezuela.
—John Otis, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
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In fact, just last year, the city’s voters turned out in record numbers to reject a proposal that would create a city property tax to fund a new school district.
—Hannah Denham | Hdenham@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
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Shipwreck hunters, divers, even a little girl out fishing found some of Lake Michigan's most historic secrets last year in record numbers.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2024
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College graduates and families with children have left the city in record numbers.
—Raúl Vilchis Christopher Lee, New York Times, 13 July 2023
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The series ended three years ago and yet pirates are still going out of their way to download the series illegally in record numbers.
—Jacob Siegal, BGR, 5 Aug. 2022
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For the first time in history, women were going to university and/or entering the workforce in record numbers in the UK.
—Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 6 Jan. 2022
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Families this summer and last have, in record numbers, chosen to spend weeks on the road and thousands of dollars adventuring to these landmarks in person.
—James Nestor, Outside Online, 18 June 2024
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