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achievement

[uh-cheev-muhnt] / əˈtʃiv mənt /


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Videos ranking the best players of specific games show that bragging rights accrue long after the achievement itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Along with all her pride in that achievement, she seemed a little angry at that fact too.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

For Lavallo, who has spent two decades working with carbenes, the achievement carries both scientific and personal significance.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

Reflecting on the achievement, astronaut Hansen said the moment should "challenge this generation and the next, to make sure this record is not long-lived."

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

The first great, practical achievement of the new science was Newcomen’s steam engine of 1712—the very engine Swift was presumably mocking when he complained about mills being built where there were no rivers.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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