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achieve

[uh-cheev] / əˈtʃiv /


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You don’t want to go the latter route and, given that you are debt-free, I have every confidence that you will achieve that.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

SINGAPORE—A pioneering Chinese maker of humanoid robots soared 460% in its trading debut in Shanghai to achieve a market value of $51 billion, symbolizing the frenzy around an industry Beijing hopes to dominate.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

“If revenues underperform or planned savings prove more difficult to achieve, pressure to identify additional cost reductions could increase,” the report said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

During extended chats with the UK media, one journalist asked, pointedly and with persistence, about realistic targets for the season ahead and questioned the club's willingness to spend enough to achieve them.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

You cannot achieve what you cannot believe, she said to herself, her sweaty cheek pressed against the bricks as she hugged the wall.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Neil: Hopefully he helps the team progress and achieves Euro 2028 qualification.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

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

A griddle achieves this effortlessly, because the juices have nowhere else to go.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

A wish that continually approaches but never achieves fulfillment.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

Despite the rapid consumption by Ukraine and multiyear backlogs, interceptor manufacturers have only achieved a modest boost in production so far.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

While Jake achieved a grade 8 in maths, his older brother, Tobias, did not get the pass he wanted after sitting the exam for a fifth time.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Combining the bacterial therapy with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy led to better tumor control and longer survival than the individual treatments achieved on their own.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

What we saw onscreen, along with the catchy music she made, was, in her telling, the fruit of a creative yield achieved by pressing beyond her breaking point.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

He’d once saved the French government itself: in the 1890s, he’d achieved national fame for calming widespread riots that had almost tipped the country into revolution.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Managing the makeup of the roughly $31 trillion Treasury market has been among the tools it has deployed toward achieving that goal.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

In that note, Mr. Batiste also connects Mozart with Monk, citing how the two composers combined “melodic simplicity with staggering complexity” to “challenge convention while achieving universal appeal.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

“Honoring commitments that have already been made to the entertainment industry is an essential step in achieving that goal.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

But analysts stress that achieving significant savings from the welfare bill is easier said than done.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

The plan was to fling particles through a tunnel fifty-two miles long, achieving a truly staggering ninety-nine trillion volts of energy.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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