How to Use platinum record in a Sentence

platinum record

noun
  • There also appears to be a platinum record hanging on the wall in the preview clip.
    — Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Inside the box was one of Jones’ platinum record plaques for her debut album.
    — Dallas News, 5 May 2022
  • Don’t Call Me, which is now a platinum record less than two months after its release.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021
  • What if Pavement, the Pynchonian rock group that never had a platinum record, was the most important band of all time?
    — Hannah Seidlitz, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 the midst of Quarterflash’s stunning, out-of-nowhere success -- the platinum record, the tour with Elton, the reviews in national magazines -- worries about the next album had taken hold.
    — oregonlive, 15 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • On top of Megadeth’s Grammy accolades and double-platinum record sales, Mustaine beat throat cancer in 2019, holds black belts in taekwondo and karate, and owns a successful winemaking business with his wife and daughter.
    — Eli Enis, Pitchfork, 26 Jan. 2026

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