personal best
noun
: the best achievement one has ever had
Her time in the race was a personal best.
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With Tortured Poets, Swift surpassed her own personal best first-week sales numbers with 2.61 million equivalent album units.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 21 May 2024
Emma Reaves is coming off a regional title in the shot put where the University of New Hampshire commit threw a personal best 41 feet, 5 inches.
—Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2024
There is often no objective beyond beating a personal best.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, New York Times, 17 May 2024
The Chargers senior set a new 5A record with his top throw in the shot put (65 feet, 4.25 inches) earlier this spring, which is also the 13th-longest prep personal best in the country this season, according to MileSplit.com.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 15 May 2024
Byrne also set a personal best in the 100-yard breaststroke at the CIF championship with a time of 1:03.63.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Nick Timberlake scored a KU personal best 19 points.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
All tailwind team members are invited to play to their strengths, turning their personal best to our collective advantage.
—Brian Mavis, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Anthony Gash Helix Boys track and field The senior leader in both weight events, Gash put the shot 57 feet, 9 inches in a dual meet on Thursday, then came back at the Triton Invitational to collect a personal best 181-11 in the discus throw.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 21 May 2024
Emma Reaves is coming off a regional title in the shot put where the University of New Hampshire commit threw a personal best 41 feet, 5 inches.
—Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2024
There is often no objective beyond beating a personal best.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, New York Times, 17 May 2024
The Chargers senior set a new 5A record with his top throw in the shot put (65 feet, 4.25 inches) earlier this spring, which is also the 13th-longest prep personal best in the country this season, according to MileSplit.com.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 15 May 2024
Byrne also set a personal best in the 100-yard breaststroke at the CIF championship with a time of 1:03.63.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Nick Timberlake scored a KU personal best 19 points.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
All tailwind team members are invited to play to their strengths, turning their personal best to our collective advantage.
—Brian Mavis, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Anthony Gash Helix Boys track and field The senior leader in both weight events, Gash put the shot 57 feet, 9 inches in a dual meet on Thursday, then came back at the Triton Invitational to collect a personal best 181-11 in the discus throw.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
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“Personal best.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20best. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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