achieve
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"It's about choosing foods that naturally deliver fewer calories in every bite. A 30% reduction in energy density is a substantial shift that would be very hard to achieve and sustain through portion control alone."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
"What we're trying to achieve is to make rugby league in the UK and Europe as strong as possible," he told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The company rewards workers for the results that they achieve by applying the principles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
SpaceX on Wednesday unveiled its latest artificial-intelligence model, which could help it achieve CEO Elon Musk’s revenue goals.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Each may achieve his goals with these different means.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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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
FKT is short for the “fastest known time” that a person or small group achieves on a particular course, usually somewhere it would be difficult or impossible to host an actual race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
A griddle achieves this effortlessly, because the juices have nowhere else to go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Rather than use logos—detailed arguments and eye-glazing statistics about the ways in which the charity achieves the greatest good, distributes its funds, and so on—the ad shoots straight for the heart.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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They said they wished for him to be remembered "for the wonderful person he was and all that he achieved".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The copper-rich southern African country 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. 16, 2026
Instead, they stay private — with many going public well after they’ve already achieved hockey-stick growth, leaving public investors chasing a ship that has already left the port.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Nimblewill Nomad” Eberhart, who knew my parents, achieved this feat at age 83 in 2021, taking the honor from Greybeard, who set a record at age 82 in 2017.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Copernicus achieved the same effect by different means.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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But analysts stress that achieving significant savings from the welfare bill is easier said than done.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Losing weight can reduce some of these risks, but achieving substantial weight loss through diet and exercise alone can be difficult.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Then-CEO Hassabis founded the company in 2010 with the goal of achieving artificial general intelligence, or AGI — an AI system that matches or surpasses human capabilities.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Macquarie doesn’t see ASX achieving its A$150 million additional capital target at the end of FY27.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Harry kicked it, achieving nothing but an excruciating pain in his big toe.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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