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achieve

[uh-cheev] / əˈtʃiv /


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"There had been two times that I spoke with the club, but it did not achieve anything," he recalled.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

"We are in this process to achieve a democratic and free Venezuela," the politician wrote on X on Tuesday.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

I’m willing to bet we can actually achieve such a utopian outcome, even if it takes another century.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

I see why it’s tempting to pay off: You are, essentially, trying to achieve a saving instead of an uncertain investment return.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Tolkachev's espionage helped America achieve total air superiority by the late 1980s, earning him the nickname "the Billion Dollar Spy."

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

As the company achieves notable growth — sales more than doubled in the latest quarter — it’s also impressing Wall Street with its profit performance.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

His film is likable as heck but never quite achieves liftoff.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

They said the new deal "achieves this without any government funding or cost to taxpayers".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Although it cannot match Starship's enormous lifting capacity, it achieves much greater efficiency.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

Found only in Ireland, it achieves a height of up to six inches and is green in colour.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

Zambia has a long record of transferring power through the ballot box, with every change of president since the return to multiparty politics in 1991 achieved through elections.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

“Despite near-term revenue headwinds, we achieved strong bottom-line growth, marking a clear inflection in our profit trajectory,” Xu said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Last season Emery declared he wanted to seal third place in the Premier League because he had not achieved it with Villa.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Grok 4.6 achieved a score in line with OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol model, but not quite as good as Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 and Fable 5 models, according to Artificial Analysis.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

He never achieved greatness in the history books.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

And the percentage of students achieving a merit or above grew from 65.3% to 68.9%.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Chatterjee believes the company is capable of achieving the Rule of 50 — meaning that its annual revenue growth and profit margin would add up to 50% or more — by fiscal 2030.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

“We hope that by having a grand jury return an indictment in this case it will bring us one step closer to a trial and achieving justice.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

"Regional issues should be resolved by regional actors, and with this action, we consider that we have taken a first step toward achieving that goal," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Our involvement will be so great that we cannot—without national humiliation—stop short of achieving our complete objectives.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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