record holder
noun
: the person or thing that has achieved something no other person or thing has achieved : a person or thing that holds a record
He is the marathon world record holder.
They're developing an airplane that is expected to be faster than the current record holder.
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Steph Curry, the league’s all-time record holder for three-pointers, has a degree of eye-hand coordination that is at least as freakish as Wembanyama’s height.
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2025
The record holder, according to Guinness World Records, was a pig named Big Bill, who weighed more than 2,550 pounds.
—Fred Fransen, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
Some estimates considered the Camp Speicher Massacre in Tikrit, Iraq, by ISIS forces, which had a death toll of between roughly 1,100 and 1,800, to be the previous record holder.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2025
The current Thanksgiving Day record holder is the 2022 late-afternoon game between the Cowboys and the Giants, which managed 42 million viewers.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2025
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2025
The record holder, according to Guinness World Records, was a pig named Big Bill, who weighed more than 2,550 pounds.
—Fred Fransen, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
Some estimates considered the Camp Speicher Massacre in Tikrit, Iraq, by ISIS forces, which had a death toll of between roughly 1,100 and 1,800, to be the previous record holder.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2025
The current Thanksgiving Day record holder is the 2022 late-afternoon game between the Cowboys and the Giants, which managed 42 million viewers.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2025
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“Record holder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/record%20holder. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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