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record high

 
 
noun [C]

Definition

the highest amount or level that something has ever reached: at a record high/at record highs The Dow Jones index closed at a record high on Monday. Bankruptcies are at record highs.
record-high adjective [before noun] How can we solve the country's record-high unemployment problem?
(Definition of record high noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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