in record numbers
idiom
: in amounts or quantities greater than ever before
New houses are being built in record numbers.
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Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA in record numbers.
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The biggest trees in my neighborhood have been dying in record numbers in recent years, especially oak trees.
—Mike Tidwell, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2025
During World War II, the government halted the manufacturing of civilian cars and rationed the vehicles that were left for sale, compelling Americans to take mass transit in record numbers.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
In January 2023, the program was expanded to include migrants from Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua, whose citizens were also crossing the U.S. southern border in record numbers at the time.
—CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The biggest trees in my neighborhood have been dying in record numbers in recent years, especially oak trees.
—Mike Tidwell, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2025
During World War II, the government halted the manufacturing of civilian cars and rationed the vehicles that were left for sale, compelling Americans to take mass transit in record numbers.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
In January 2023, the program was expanded to include migrants from Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua, whose citizens were also crossing the U.S. southern border in record numbers at the time.
—CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
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