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"setting a new record" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use this phrase to indicate that someone or something has beaten a previous standard of accomplishment. For example: "Jennifer set a new record by running the mile in under four minutes."
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Although outshined by the string of successful auction lots at Christie's, Sotheby's did make news, by setting a new record for Andy Warhol.
Gold topped $900 this morning, setting a new record for the metal.The corporate news isn't all bad these days.
Are we setting a new record?
"But what they love is setting a new record in the sale price".
The federal government did so on their behalf, setting a new record for bureaucratic ineptitude.
At the previous Emmys, Game of Thrones took 12 awards in all, setting a new record.
"My bet is that the current expansion will sail through June, setting a new record," he writes.
The concentration of ultra-fine airborne particles (known as PM2.5) reached more than 150 this week, setting a new record.
There are definitely easier ways than doing it twice, back to back, and setting a new record in the process.
This enclosing cavity tenfold its quality factor to reach Q = 75,000 in air at atmospheric pressure, passing through the established physical limits and setting a new record.
But the staggering success of new 007 movie Spectre – Bond has bested Harry Potter, setting a new record of £40m for UK first week takings – demonstrates three things.
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