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attain

[uh-teyn] / əˈteɪn /


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You certainly did not attain your wealth alone.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Global talent visas - which the Home Office offers to senior workers in the science, digital technology, and arts and culture sector - are much more difficult to attain, Turner said.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Eventually, those two attain the life they assumed was permanently out of reach by bending to the Chairwoman’s will.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

“In normal life,” Mr. Nguyen writes, “we struggle in order to attain some goal that we really want.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The wind generated from such a column could reach out hundreds of feet and might attain hurricanelike speeds.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy




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