achievement
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The Venice Film Festival kicks off on the sun-splashed Lido with a bang on Wednesday, with the glamorous cinema showcase handing George Clooney a lifetime achievement award on its opening night.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
These awards can be based on merit — academic achievement, athletic ability and/or other special talents — or on financial need.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Then there is her Imagination Library, which has reportedly distributed over 300 million books to children around the world since its launch in the late 1980s — an effort Dolly counted as her proudest achievement.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
What happens with more consistency is that we sense a fairly rigid ethical grid being lowered over artistic achievement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
But I got a trophy—the first I’d ever received for a genuine sporting achievement.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
In 2010, Berry was awarded the National Humanities Medal by then-President Obama for his achievements as a poet, novelist, farmer and conservationist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Milestones, and perhaps especially those punctuated with 13-digit achievements, can serve as a good time to reflect, says Booth, the chairman of Dimensional Fund Advisors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"And for all his many awards and achievements, he's never had a second season of a show so I think this was an opportunity to see what that felt like."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
"Yes, we had operational achievements, but strategically we've failed."
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Burnham of course knew of Olmsted’s achievements: Central Park in Manhattan, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, the grounds of Cornell and Yale, and scores of other projects.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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