Sentence examples for top the record from inspiring English sources
The phrase "top the record" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to surpassing or exceeding a previous record in a specific context, such as sports, music charts, or achievements. Example: "The athlete managed to top the record for the fastest marathon time this year."
He predicted the toll this year will top the record of 2008, when the Army suffered 133 suicides.
Detroit is hoping to top the record for a title-game crowd: 64,959 watched the 1987 final in the Superdome in New Orleans.
This year the show has seen lines curling around the block, and since the biennale has been extended to four months, the museum is likely to top the record of 2008.
Still, AOL's charge may top the record set by JDS Uniphase, a maker of telecommunications equipment, which announced in 2001 that it would write off $51 billion in costs associated with bad investments and acquisitions.
A few days ago, in fact, he hired law clerks for the term beginning in October 2005, and some people believe he is aiming to top the record of 36 years set by Justice William O. Douglas, or at least to equal the 34-year tenure of his judicial hero, Chief Justice John Marshall.
The National Weather Service said some places could top the record for a single-day of snowfall, which is 6ft 4ins (1.93m).
Avatar is still the bookies' favourite to walk away with the top awards at the ceremony on 7 March – Ladbroke's gave it odds of 4/7 – but it will not top the record-breaking haul of 14 nominations and 11 Oscars achieved by Cameron's previous film, Titanic, in 1998.
It's not yet clear how many Americans tuned in Wednesday night, but Zucker said he didn't expect CNN's debate to top the record-setting 24 million who watched Fox News' debate last month, the first of the Republican primary cycle. .
Sales have topped the record for international hockey attendance.
DaimlerChrysler, now known as Daimler, topped the record of $28 million set by BMW in 2002.
It would not be a surprise if the number in July topped the record $29 billion removed in a panic last September, immediately after the World Trade Centre attack.
