How to Use record holder in a Sentence

record holder

noun
  • For sure, every speed skier wants to be, one day, the world record holder.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
  • And the record holder wasn’t the only Monet up for grabs.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Last year, the world record holder ended his indoor season on a high note.
    — Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Number 480 Otis is a record holder for eating salmon.
    — Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • That means, for now, there is no official record holder for the world’s oldest octopus.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Back then, the record holder was a South African man the same height as me, 6-foot-2, whose wife was 3 feet.
    — Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Track and field – Two-time state champion, conference record holder.
    — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
  • This would surpass the current record holder, Turkey's Canakkale Bridge, by more than half a mile.
    — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Hart, 76, a Pittsburg native, is an Olympic gold medalist and two-time world record holder.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Another athlete to keep an eye on is world record holder Tobi Amusan.
    — Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The three-time world record holder is known for competing heavily during the indoor season, as these are where most of her world records come from.
    — Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The only other man in history to win four titles in this event is world record holder Usain Bolt.
    — Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The current Texas record holder is the store in Luling, which opened at 75,593 square feet.
    — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Clover was 35 feet and 9 inches, 5 feet taller than the previous world record holder in Germany.
    — Christine Fernando, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Don has also competed in three Olympic Games and was the former Iron Man world record holder.
    — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The Studio already picked up nine wins and is already hot on the trail of passing the all-time record holder for a comedy in a single season.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The record holder, Booster 1067, launched for the 30th time in late August.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe, after Sunday's race, Obiri's on another podium — and maybe marathon's newest world-record holder.
    — ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Loyer, the school’s record holder for 3-pointers, also made all four of his 3s as Purdue was 57% from behind the arc.
    — Jeff Latzke, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
  • In field events, world record holder Armand Duplantis will aim to maintain his streak and claim his fifth consecutive title in pole vault.
    — Paras J. Haji, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • At the Olympics, Campbell was beaten by Kovacs and world-record holder Ryan Crouser.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The world-record holder in the 400-meter hurdles will double in both her primary event and the 400 meters.
    — Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Sara Schiff is a wife, mother, writer, neuropsychologist and previous world record holder.
    — Sara Schiff, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Guinness World Records will need to review the footage to consider Dillard the official record holder.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
  • This release surpasses the previous oldest whisky record holder, an 81-year-old single malt from the Macallan called the Reach.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The previous record holder was 333 pipers in Bulgaria back in 2012.
    — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Despite the lack of competition, the 200-meter American record holder was ready for anything that came his way.
    — Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Trauman is the Guinness record holder for the most number of unique PEZ dispensers in a private collection.
    — Luke Burbank, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • The greatest sprinter of all time and world record holder, Bolt, did several interviews leading into the championships, discussing his thoughts on the men’s sprints.
    — Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Ziani, the record holder, gained fame in France touring with Slam Nation in the late ’90s as one of the nation’s best acrobatic dunkers.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026

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