personal best
noun
: the best achievement one has ever had
Her time in the race was a personal best.
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Schulman’s initial goal for the marathon was to set a new personal best.
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Xpeng also beat its personal best for a second straight month, delivering 23,917 vehicles in October.
—Sonia Heng, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Pros can beat their personal best and improve their scores with advanced statistics mode.
—Toby Rose, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
So far, the release (with standard and deluxe editions all counting together) has topped the Billboard 200 album chart for 15 non-consecutive weeks, a personal best for Swift and something accomplished by only a handful of artists in Billboard history.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Xpeng also beat its personal best for a second straight month, delivering 23,917 vehicles in October.
—Sonia Heng, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Pros can beat their personal best and improve their scores with advanced statistics mode.
—Toby Rose, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
So far, the release (with standard and deluxe editions all counting together) has topped the Billboard 200 album chart for 15 non-consecutive weeks, a personal best for Swift and something accomplished by only a handful of artists in Billboard history.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Personal best.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20best. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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