achievement
Example Sentences
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Despite his achievements, he said he had never let success go to his head.
From BBC
As for lifetime achievement honors, Robert Smigel presented Stephen Colbert with the Walter Bernstein Award for critiquing the power elite on his late-night show, which will air its final episode in May.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s a remarkable achievement, but a problem lurks in the data.
A scenario in which the energy industry thrives without busting Americans’ budgets would be a major achievement.
The battle was won partly by the leadership prowess of an individual, Themistocles, but mainly by the strength—physical and political—of the demos, an achievement that sustained the Athenian self-image through the Golden Age.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
