How to Use platinum record in a Sentence

platinum record

noun
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  • The song became the first-ever platinum record, in 1976.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2021
  • There also appears to be a platinum record hanging on the wall in the preview clip.
    — Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, 20 Feb. 2020
  • The band has a huge playlist to choose from, given it has eight gold, one platinum and one double-platinum records.
    — Mel Shields, sacbee, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Don’t Call Me, which is now a platinum record less than two months after its release.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021
  • With two platinum records and a gold album in tow, SZA refuses to hit the pause button on her flourishing career.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2017
  • Bass player Lee Rocker and the Stray Cats sold more than 10 million records, garnered an astounding 23 gold and platinum records worldwide.
    — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 3 Feb. 2020
  • In one scene from the comedy series, Chast, in character, confesses to her fictional son that her long-standing claim about having had a platinum record back in the sixties was a lie.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2019
  • The collection includes dozens of his gender-bending and extravagant outfits, plenty of jewelry adorned with his iconic love symbol, several platinum record awards, photographs, letters and posters.
    — Adam Reiss /, NBC News, 15 May 2018

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