Sentence examples for is approaching a record from inspiring English sources

Yes, tiny Goldman is approaching a record $100 billionn market capitalization.

"We were approaching a record in tourism.

He added that he thought the Dow, which was then around 9,500, could be approaching a record high "in another 12 or 18 months".

Max Scherzer was approaching a record and the Washington Nationals manager Dusty Baker had a decision to make: balance the rare opportunity to make history against the danger of keeping his hurler on the hill with a high pitch count, never mind trying to win a tight ballgame during a losing stretch.

Lieberman also broached such hot-button topics as the economy and a possible recession, the weak U.S. dollar, consumer group criticism of the gift card industry and consumer credit card debt -- which some estimate to be approaching a record $1 trillion in the United States alone.

But as the value of the dollar fell, the price of gold was approaching a record high, quadrupling in value between 2005 and 2010.

She said the amount of chemicals applied to control the oil spilling from the Deepwater Horizon well — more than 700,000 gallons so far on the gulf's surface and a mile underwater at the leaking well head — was "approaching a world record".

The number of irrational arguments around must be approaching a world record.

Aides said more than $3 million in online donations arrived in January, and on Tuesday, Mr. Trippi sent an e-mail message to supporters, telling them that the campaign was approaching a fund-raising record.

Heading into Sunday's game versus the Washington Redskins, the Chargers are approaching a playoff berth, with a 6-6 record.

The three-strikes decision was only the latest example of Chief Justice Rehnquist's success, over decades in a tenure that is approaching record length.